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Something Wild is a 1961 American neo noir psychological thriller film directed by Jack Garfein, and starring his then wife Carroll Baker, Ralph Meeker, and Mildred Dunnock.
Something Wild: Directed by Jack Garfein. With Carroll Baker, Ralph Meeker, Mildred Dunnock, Jean Stapleton. A young rape victim tries desperately to pick up the pieces of her life, only to find herself at the mercy of a would-be rescuer.
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- Drama
- Jack Garfein
- 1962-01
Rape victim Mary Ann (Carroll Baker), who still hasn't told anyone, hops the train at Kingsbridge, in the Bronx, gets woozy and bails at 103rd in upper Manhattan, in director Jack Garfein's Something Wild, 1961. Based on the novel Mary Ann by Alex Karmel (New York, 1958).
- Jack Garfein, Jim Digangi, Angelo Laiacona
- Carroll Baker
Something Wild. A complex exploration of the physical and emotional effects of trauma, Something Wild stars Carroll Baker, in a layered performance, as a college student who attempts suicide after a brutal sexual assault but is stopped by a mechanic (Ralph Meeker)—whose kindness, however, soon takes an unsettling turn.
- Mary Ann
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...
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- Carroll Baker
- Jack Garfein
- Drama
Adapted from the 1958 novel Mary Ann by Alex Karmel, Something Wild tells the story of Mary Ann Robinson (Carroll Baker), a 19-year-old junior college student living in The Bronx, New York, who is attacked by a rapist while walking home late one evening.
Jan 16, 2017 · Something Wild (1961), directed by Jack Garfein and starring Carroll Baker and Ralph Meeker—in two career-best performances—is the latter kind. It does not coddle, moralize, or explain. It is stark, brutal, and—startlingly, considering the subject matter—occasionally very tender, even funny.
