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WILD IN THE COUNTRY
EDITED JUNE 14, 1961. 20TH CENTURY FOX
ELVIS’ LAST ATTEMPT AS A DRAMATIC ACTOR
ELVIS PRESLEY as Glenn Tyler HOPE LANGE as Irene Sperry TUESDAY WELD as Noreen Martin MILLIE PERKINS as Betty Lee Parsons RAFER JOHNSON as Davis JOHN IRELAND as Phil Macy GARY LOCKWOOD as Cliff Macy WILLIAM MIMS as Uncle Rolfe Braxton RAYMOND GREENLEAF as Dr. Underwood CHRISTINA CRAWFORD as Monica George ROBIN RAYMOND as Flossie PAT BUTTRAM as Mr. Longstreet the Mechanic (Not credited) JASON ROBARDS Sr. as Judge Tom Parker (Not credited) RED WEST as Hank Tyler (Not credited)
PHILIP DUNNE in the Direction JERRY WALD in the Production CLIFFORD ODETS in the Screenplay Based on the Novel: The Lost Country, by JR Salamanca KENYON HOPKINS in the Music WILLIAM C. MELLOR Genre: Drama Duration: 114 minutes Premiere in the USA: June 15, 1961
INFORMATION
In Wild In The Country Elvis plays a rebellious and conflictive young man who possesses exceptional literary skills; talent that he will try to develop thanks to the help of a psychiatrist (Hope Lange).
Again a great acting effort by Elvis in what would be one of his last dramatic roles in many years. As would happen with Flaming Star, the film failed at the box office, despite having proven actresses such as Millie Perkins or Tuesday Weld, which definitely prompted Hollywood producers to pigeonhole the King of Rock into musical comedies that generated succulent dividends. The script is by the prestigious playwright Clifford Odets.
