
The Wild Child
1970


“He takes your life in his hands!”
11 votes
A doctor returned from the Korean War must choose between joining a glamorous practice and helping the poor.
Director
Irving RapperWriters
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
N/A
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Charlton Heston ("Col. Owen") returns from almost ten years as an army surgeon to his Pennsylvania home to find that his dead brother has been accused of sloppy practices that caused fatalities at a coal mine. His mother (Mildred Dunnock) and local doctor "Scobee" (Rhys Williams) hope he will stay and help the local community, but he discovers that his late brother had run up quite a bit of debt and determines to pay it back. A chance meeting with the "Helen" (Lizabeth Scott) - the daughter of the man who holds the debt - introduces him to new opportunities. She is wealthy, twice divorced, and…
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