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Something Wild is a american film of genre Drama released in USA on 23 december 1961 with Carroll Baker
Something Wild (1961)
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Add to a movie listSomething Wild is a 1961 independent rape and revenge drama film directed by Jack Garfein and starring Carroll Baker, Ralph Meeker and Mildred Dunnock. The film follows a young New York City college student (Baker) who, after being brutally raped, is taken in and held captive by a mechanic (Meeker) who witnessed her suicide attempt on the Manhattan Bridge.
Adapted from the novel Mary Ann by Alex Karmel, the film violated a number of Hollywood conventions and taboos by showing an on-screen rape and brief nudity. The film featured a musical score by Aaron Copland and was filmed on location in New York City, which was rare at the time. Director Jack Garfein was married to Carroll Baker when the movie was filmed. The director of photography, Eugen Schüfftan, was a noted German cinematographer and inventor of the Schüfftan process, who won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography the following year for The Hustler.
Referred to as "a lost indie classic", the film was screened at the IFC Center in New York in 2007, and was released on DVD by MGM through their limited edition series in December 2011 in celebration of the film's 50th anniversary.
Synopsis
Mary Ann Robinson, a teenage girl attending college in New York City, is brutally raped while walking in a park.Actors
Carroll Baker
(Mary Ann Robinson)
Ralph Meeker
(Mike)
Mildred Dunnock
(Mrs. Gates)
Jean Stapleton
(Shirley Johnson)
Martin Kosleck
(Landlord)
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