Quality Ratings: A: Top notch picture and sound, clean as a whistle. B: Strong image, some loss. C: Somewhat fuzzy picture; watchable and adequate for collectors. D: Many generations from source, hard to see; for fanatics only. Click on logo for terms ordering info!

DEALING: OR THE BERKELEY-TO-BOSTON FORTY-BRICK LAST-BAG BLUES (1972), letterboxed print of Michael Chrichton adaptation; Robert F. Lyons (from Albany) and John Lithgow (from Rochester--his first film) are Harvard dope smugglers in this nice little pro-drug, post-hippie flick with Barbara Hershey (as a real "together chick"), Charles Durning (corrupt cop), Joy Bang (girlfriend), and bit parts for Paul Sorvino, Demond Wilson (Sanford and Son), Gene Borkan, and Victor Argo (MEAN STREETS, TAXI DRIVER); with vintage commercials, music, and clips for two full hours of fun. (feature: 1:27, C; letterboxed)

FREE GRASS (1969), currently the only good print available of this interesting drug-deal-gone-bad film is a video released in 1989 by some dickheads who added cheezy video effects and a porn-level synth score to much of the film, retitled STREET DRUGS (there's a crappy but unedited Venezuelan print around, called SCREAM FREE); with Russ Tamblyn, Richard Beymer, Lana Wood, Casey Kasem, Warren Finnerty, Jody McCrea, Joe Turkel; includes some nice, extended hallucination sequences; co-scripted by James Gordon White (THE GLORY STOMPERS), dir. by Bill Brame and John Lawrence; comes with vintage commercials and a cool drug short. (feature: 1:20, B)

HOW COME NOBODY'S ON OUR SIDE? (1972), Adam Roarke & Larry Bishop are biker actors turned drug runners in this whimsical road movie, with Rob Reiner, Penny Marshall, John Garwood, Rob Tessier, Robert Rothwell, written by Leigh Chapman (DIRTY MARY CRAZY LARRY, OCTAMAN); comes with trailers, vintage commercials, and clips. (feature: 1:23, B)

MARY JANE (1968), Fabian is pretty good as a high school art teacher who tries to help out a troubled student who gets caught up in the evil world of dope!; with Diane McBain, Patty McCormack, sleazy Kevin Coughlin, Michael Margotta, Russ Bender, Joe E. Ross; from AIP and Maury Dexter. (1:34, C)