? ELVIS FILMOGRAPHY: “WILD IN THE COUNTRY” (1961)

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.

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