Something Wild (Something Wild in the City)

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6.7	IMDB rating

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Directed by

Jack Garfein

Starring (View all)

Carroll Baker
Mary Ann Robinson

Ralph Meeker
Mike

Mildred Dunnock
Mrs. Gates

Jean Stapleton
Shirley Johnson

Martin Kosleck
Landlord

Charles Watts
Warren Gates

Clifton James
Detective Bogart

George L. Smith
Store Manager

Written by

Jack Garfein
(screenplay)

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4 years, 8 months ago at Aug 18 18:43

JxSxPx

John Waters described Kitten with a Whip as “a failed art film,” and I think that description can carry over to Something Wild, the obscure tale of a cinematic sexpot emoting after sexual trauma and trading one abusive relationship for another. There’s something wonderful underneath the hysteria here, and the better film emerges routinely from the questionable diversions and near madness of ... read more

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3 years, 10 months ago at Jun 14 15:13

fernando

(OK) Great account of a complete crisis and uncomplete rebirth after a rape, it anticipates most feminist integral conception of victimization but defies it when Carroll goes back to Meeker...

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When college girl Mary Ann Robinson (Carroll Baker) is attacked and raped, her world is shattered. Unable to carry on a normal routine with her critical mother, Mary Ann takes a room in a New York City hovel and accepts a job at a dime store as she struggles to come to grips with her ordeal. Sinking into isolation, she attempts suicide and is saved by a concerned bystander, lonely auto mechanic Mike (Ralph Meeker). Mary Ann moves in with Mike but soon questions his motives for wanting to help.

Release date: 1 January 1962

Tags: 1961 (2), Drama (1), Usa (1), Rape (1), United Artists (1), Eyepatch (1)

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Something Wild

“John Waters described Kitten with a Whip as “a failed art film,” and I think that description can carry over to Something Wild, the obscure tale of a cinematic sexpot emoting after sexual trauma and trading one abusive relationship for another. There’s something wonderful underneath the hysteria here, and the better film emerges routinely from the questionable diversions and near madness of its choices. I mean, Something Wild opens with the proverbial “stranger in the bushes” rape scenario and continues on to the sight of Jean Stapleton getting drunk with a questionably legal boy toy before shoving Carroll Baker into an imprisonment with Ralph Meeker that softens into…love, I guess. There’s also her controlling mother (Mildred Dunnock, dialing it up way too much) that constan” read more