6.0
“The wild and wonderful story of the exciting young frontier !”
The Wild and the Innocent (1959)
May 27, 19591h 24mEN
6.3
22 votes
Overview
In Wyoming, mountain trapper Yancey goes to the nearest town to trade his pelts but gets into trouble when he tries to save runaway dance-hall girl Rosalie from her shameful job.
Director
Jack SherWriters
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Status
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Original Language
English
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Production Companies
Universal International Pictures
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User Reviews
John Chard
6.0The young, the old and the restless! The Wild and the Innocent is directed by Jack Sher and Sher co-writes the screenplay with Sy Gomberg. It stars Audie Murphy, Joanne Dru, Gilbert Roland, Sandra Dee, Jim Backus, George Mitchell and Strother Martin. A CinemaScope/Eastman Color production, the music is by Hans J. Salter and cinematography by Harold Lipstein. Plot has Murphy as young mountain man Yancy Hawks who experiences big city life for the first time. Reluctantly on his journey into town he has acquired a companion, young Rosalie Stocker (Dee), whose father tried to trade her for so…
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drystyx
8.0This is a different sort of Western than what we usually get. We often get "non credible character in incredible situations" or "credible characters in incredible situations". What we get here is "credible characters in CREDIBLE situations", and yet we still get adventure and excitement out of the every day events that escalate into life and death struggles. This movie has a lot of charm, and some great characters. The supporting characters truly make this film as good as it really is. Most notable is Jim Backus, who isn't a millionaire in this movie, but he does show up in some big movies.…
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