The Wild and the Innocent

May 27 1959 Approved 1h 24m
Action, Adventure, Romance

Charming tale of mountaineer-trapper Murphy's first taste "big city" life with young, sweet Sandra Dee in tow. She flees her family, which tried to trade her for some of Murphy's beaver pelts, and tags along with the reluctant Murphy. They get into all manner of trouble in town, and Murphy has to shoot the sheriff to rescue Dee from her job as a dancehall girl.

Plot

Charming tale of mountaineer-trapper Yancey's (Audie Murphy) first taste "big city" life with young, sweet Rosalie (Sandra Dee) in tow. She flees her family, which tried to trade her for some of Yancey's beaver pelts, and tags along with the reluctant Yancey. They get into all manner of trouble in town, and Yancey has to shoot Sheriff Bartell (Gilbert Roland) to rescue Rosalie from her job as a dance-hall girl.

Written by

Sy Gomberg, Jack Sher

Directed by

Jack Sher

Cast

Audie Murphy, Joanne Dru, Gilbert Roland

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Universal International Pictures

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
1,079
Average Rating
6.4 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA