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Walk on the Wild Side is a american film of genre Drama directed by Edward Dmytryk released in USA on 21 march 1962 with Laurence Harvey

Walk on the Wild Side (1962)

Walk on the Wild Side
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Released in USA 21 march 1962
Length 1h54
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama
Rating66% 3.346833.346833.346833.346833.34683

Walk on the Wild Side is a 1962 film directed by Edward Dmytryk, adapted from the 1956 novel A Walk on the Wild Side by American author Nelson Algren. The film had a star-studded cast, including Laurence Harvey, Capucine, Jane Fonda, Anne Baxter, and Barbara Stanwyck, and was scripted by John Fante. It was not well received at the time; Bosley Crowther of the New York Times described it as a "lurid, tawdry, and sleazy melodrama."

Synopsis

Set during the Great Depression, it starts with Dove (Laurence Harvey) and Kitty (Jane Fonda) meeting on the road in Texas as each is traveling separately to New Orleans. They decide to travel together, hitchhiking and hopping freight trains. Dove is hoping to find his lost love Hallie (Capucine), and is not interested when Kitty comes on to him sexually.

Actors

Laurence Harvey

(Dove Linkhorn)
Capucine

(Hallie Gerard)
Jane Fonda

(Kitty Twist)
Anne Baxter

(Teresina Vidaverri)
Barbara Stanwyck

(Jo Courtney)
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