
How one man's failed dream became a generation's worst nightmare
The untold story of Charles Manson's obsession to become a rock star, his rise in the LA music scene, the celebrities who championed his music, his tragic friendship with The Beach Boys' Dennis Wilson and his descent into violence and chaos once his dreams fell apart.
Dianne LakeSelf - Manson Family MemberGregg JakobsonSelf - Los Angeles Songwriter
Phil KaufmanSelf - Charles Manson AssociateStephen DesperSelf - Beach Boys' In-House EngineerErnie KnappSelf - West Coast Guitarist
Charles MansonSelf (archive footage)
Roman PolanskiSelf (archive footage)Simon WellsSelf - Charles Manson Biographer
Jeff GuinnSelf - Charles Manson BiographerDomenic PrioreSelf - Author, 'Riot on the Sunset Strip'
Thomas ArnoldNarrator (voice)
Bob DylanSelf (archive footage)
George HarrisonSelf (archive footage)
John F. KennedySelf (archive footage)
Robert F. KennedySelf (archive footage)