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VHS : Walk on the Wild Side (1962)

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starring: Laurence Harvey, Capucine, Jane Fonda, Anne Baxter, Barbara Stanwyck directed by: Edward Dmytryk See Larger Image Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9786302801118 Format: Black & White, NTSC ISBN: 6302801117 Label: Sony Pictures Manufacturer: Sony Pictures Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Sony Pictures Release Date: January 19, 1999 Running Time: 114 minutes Sales Rank: 20122 Studio: Sony Pictures Theatrical Release Date: February 21, 1962 Related Items: A Summer Place Black Widow (Fox Film Noir) TCM Archives - Forbidden Hollywood Collection, Vol. 1 (Waterloo Bridge [1931] / Baby Face / Red-Headed Woman) Barbarella: Queen of the Galaxy The Woman in the Window (MGM Film Noir) see more Customer Reviews Average Rating: Rating: - Atmospheric and engrossing, but eventually comes up short First of all, just to clear the boards, this really can't be considered an adaptation of Nelson Algren's novel. Although it flirts with some taboo subjects, things never get beyond mere flirtation. And, given Kennedy-era year it was made, it's impossible to expect a faithful depiction of the text from that time and place. Laurence Harvey's lovesick Dove Linkhorn arrives in New Orleans searching for the gal that stole his heart. Complications arrive in that the "gal" is a) now a popular ... Read More Rating: - Definitely worth a look I first saw this film many years ago on TV & always remembered the soundtrack and the nobility of the hero's quest. Its an excellent and bizarre Southern melodrama with great performances by a very young Jane Fonda and Barbara Stanwyck. The music and credit sequences are outstanding by any standards. The movie itself is strangely moving and well-made. Rating: - Cast on the wild side When Hollywood attempted to loosen the strictures of the Hays code in the 50s and 60s it often turned to the Southern Gothic as a way for testing permissibility because everything they hinted at could easily be chalked up to Southern decadence; this 1962 Edward Dymytryk melodrama is based on a Nelson Algren novel, but it plays like something by Tennessee Williams. A handsome Texas "dirt farmer" searches New Orleans high and low during the Depression for his lost sweetheart from back in the Lone Star ... Read More Rating: - For the eclectic collector I'd rate this 4.2 stars but gave it 5 above to encourage buyers to support DVD manufacturing of smaller, more obscure titles. Consumers need more rarities to continue to surface :) Interesting film with a young Jane Fonda very effective in a supporting role, she's terrific as the immoral, thieving temptress from Hell. I disagree with a previous Amazon review; Fonda's Southern accent works just fine in the context of the film. Certainly, she was young enough here to portray a just-about-legal ... Read More Rating: - A travesty on every level What were they thinking??? This is one of the most poorly cast movies in the history of Hollywood. Laurence Harvey is supposed to be a Texan, but he doesn't look like a cowboy/farmer and can't do the accent. Jane Fonda is supposed to be a 16 year old Texan, but she doesn't look 16 and can't do the accent either. Anne Baxter is supposed to be a Mexican -- yeah, right. And we're supposed to believe that Barbara Stanwyck, with her New York accent, runs a New Orleans Cat House? Puh-leeez!!! There's ... Read More see more

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