Carroll Baker and Ralph Meeker in Something Wild (1961)

Something Wild

Movie1961• Not Rated• 1h 53m
Drama
⭐ 6.7 / 10(1,946)

A simple mechanic's love saves a rape victim in Manhattan.

Rated
Not Rated
Runtime
1h 53m
Released
1961
Country
United States

Details

Release year: 1961

Storyline

A simple mechanic's love saves a rape victim in Manhattan.

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Did you know

• Carroll Baker says, "The production company wouldn't pay Aaron Copland's fee to do the score, so Jack (Garfein) and I paid him ourselves. I had to appear in two or three westerns after that just to make up the difference."

• Carroll Baker was married to director Jack Garfein at the time they made this film (they divorced in 1969).

• Diane Ladd's film debut.

User reviews

⭐ 8/10

Something Oddly Moving

👍 69 · 8/19/1998
⭐ 6/10

Wild emotions in quiet, beguiling art film

👍 59 · 1/18/2001
⭐ 8/10

A Dark Drama About Despair And Love

👍 15 · 11/15/2015

Technical specs

Sound mix
Mono
Aspect ratio
1.33 : 1, 1.66 : 1, 1.85 : 1
Color
Black and White
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