Wild In The Country

Stars Elvis Presley, Hope Lange and Tuesday Weld in the story of a young man who is a potential literary genius, but is faced with the problem of overcoming a lack of education and a history of violence and rebellion.

Glenn Tyler (Elvis Presley) gets into a fight with his drunken brother. A court releases him on probation into the care of his uncle in a small town. Marked as a trouble-maker, he is falsely suspected of various misdemeanors including an affair with Irene. Eventually shown to be innocent, he leaves to go to college and become a writer.

Credits

Directed by
Philip Dunne
Written by
Clifford Odets
Cast
Elvis Presley, Hope Lange, Tuesday Weld, Millie Perkins, John Ireland, Gary Lockwood, Harry Shannon, Walter Baldwin, Red West, Pat Buttram, Charles Arnt, Rafer Johnson, Christina Crawford, Jason Robards
Produced by
Jerry Wald
Cinematography
William C. Mellor
Music
Kenyon Hopkins
Edited by
Dorothy Spencer
Complete catalog record
Wild In The Country. Company Of Artists. Released By Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp. 115 Min., Sd., Color By Deluxe, 35 Mm. Jerry Wald's Production. Cinemascope. Based On A Novel By J. R. Salamanca. © Company Of Artists, Inc. & Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.; 8jun61; Lp19481.

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  2. Wikidata · Q1824100 ↗