I saw this movie on TV in the mid 1960's. (it was made in 1961). It made me jumpy to watch it.The female lead Carroll Baker is attacked and raped on her way home one night. She becomes depressed and is saved by Ralph Meeker who invites her to come to his house. When she is ready to go home, she finds that the guy who saved her is not as nice as as he appeared to be at first, and discovers to her horror that he refuses to let her leave his house. I won't tell you the rest. The movie reminded me a lot of "The Collector" (1965) with Terence Stamp". Unfortunately it has never been released on video or DVD when so many undeserving movies are. After I saw the movie in mid 1960's on TV, I never saw it on TV again or I would have at least been able to record it later when Video Recorders came out. The movie has 7.5 stars on IMDb so no reason for it not to be on DVD. Another movie with the same title was made in 1986 with Jeff Daniels and Melanie Griffiths but its a different kind of movie. Its a comedy and not as good as the earlier movie with the same name, in my view. Ironically the later same title movie was released on VHS and DVD a while back. Many of the older good movies are still not released and may never be. But I keep hoping that the older title will come out on DVD or I would even settle for it to be on TV.
Review of Something Wild
Something Wild
(1961)
A drama that keeps you on the edge of your seat
19 February 2008
Warning: Spoilers