Dennis Hopper: The Early Works

His Very First Screen Appearances & The Movie That Made Him a Legend!

Johnny Legend presents a brand new retrospective featuring the early TV and film-works of the late, great, multi-talented and unconventional screen legend Dennis Hooper. The celebrated actor, Oscar-nominated filmmaker and noted visual artist rose to fame in mid-century Hollywood as a co-star and friend to rebel icon James Dean.

From early 1955, we enjoy his very first three appearances, as a tragic epileptic on the critically acclaimed series , then as a juvenile delinquent charged with murdering the "Mama's Boy" on a riveting episode of Public Defender, and a standout dramatic turn on The Loretta Young Show.

Dennis appears as a latter-day beatnik on a wildly entertaining episode of Petticoat Junction.

And, of course, Mr. Hopper's landmark breakthrough starring role in Curtis Harrington's Night Tide, completely uncut and restored, plus some classic previews including the delinquent epic Key Witness and the original Night Tide theatrical trailer.