The Raleigh Wisp in the last picture above is
fitted with a 'chopper' style seat and also had an explanatory
placard.
The film Morgan: a suitable case for
treatment (US title: Morgan!)
was made by Quintra-Lion and went on general release in the UK on
May 16, 1966. Filming would, of course, taken place
quite a while before that. The Raleigh Wisp was first
produced in April 1967 - a year or more too late to be in the
film. There is a motor cycle in the film. It's not
easy to identify it from the still below ... but it's nothing
like a Wisp.
However, there's still the mystery of how the story became
attached to this Wisp. Maybe it was used in a stage
production? A Raleigh Wisp with a chopper seat would be
most suitable for this considering the rider would be wearing a
Gorilla suit.
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