Something Wild was a 1961 independent film, starring Carroll Baker and Ralph Meeker and directed by Jack Garfein, who was Baker's husband at the time.
The film, adapted from a book by novelist Alex Karmel, violated a number of Hollywood conventions and taboos by showing an on-screen rape and brief nudity. It featured a musical score by Aaron Copland and was filmed largely on location in New York City, which was rare at the time.
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Something Wild was a 1961 independent film, starring Carroll Baker and Ralph Meeker and directed by Jack Garfein, who was Baker's husband at the time.
The film, adapted from a book by novelist Alex Karmel, violated a number of Hollywood conventions and taboos by showing an on-screen rape and brief nudity. It featured a musical score by Aaron Copland and was filmed largely on location in New York City, which was rare at the time.
Well known stage actors of the era, such as Mildred Dunnock, Doris Roberts and Jean Stapleton, had roles in the movie. The director of photography, Eugen Schüfftan, was a noted German cinematographer, inventor of the Schüfftan process, who won the Academy Award the following year for The Hustler.
Mary Ann Robinson is a teenage girl attending college in New York City. On her way home, while walking through the park, she is brutally raped. Traumatized by the experience, Mary Ann washes away all the evidence and destroys her clothing. She hides the rape from her...
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