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The Wild and the Innocent

Name: The Wild and the Innocent
Genre: Western
Released: 1959-05-27
Duration: 84 min
Rating: 6.3

★ 6,3 /10 (22 Votes)

1959 EN 84 min

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.

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27/05/1959

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The wild and wonderful story of the exciting young frontier !

Genres

Western

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

84 min

Audie Murphy

Yancey

Joanne Dru

Marcy

Gilbert Roland

Paul

Jim Backus

Mr. Forbes

Sandra Dee

Rosalie

George Mitchell

Uncle Lije

Peter Breck

Chip

Strother Martin

Ben Stocker

Wesley Marie Tackitt

Ma Ransome

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Betty Harford

Mrs. Forbes

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Mel Leonard

Pitchman

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Lillian Adams

Kirl

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Val Benedict

Richie

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Jim Sheppard

Henchman

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Ed Stroll

Henchman

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John Qualls

Henchman

Frank Wolff

Henchman

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Rosemary Eliot

Dancehall Girl

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Barbara Morris

Dancehall Girl

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Louise Glenn

Dancehall Girl

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Stephen Roberts

Bouncer

Karyn Kupcinet

Townswoman

Angelo Rossitto

Midget (uncredited)

Chet Brandenburg

Carnival Brawler (uncredited)

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Bert Stevens

Carnival Patron / Musician (uncredited)

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Vince St. Cyr

Drunk Indian (uncredited)

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Jim Whitecloud

Drunk Indian (uncredited)

William Fawcett

Trapper (uncredited)

Sidney Clute

Political Leader (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

Party Guest (uncredited)

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Wag Blesing

Townsman (uncredited)

Rudy Bowman

Townsman (uncredited)

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Bing Conley

Townsman (uncredited)

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The 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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This 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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