Walk on the Wild Side
Walk on the Wild Side is a 1962 American drama film directed by Edward Dmytryk and starring Laurence Harvey, Capucine, Jane Fonda, Anne Baxter, and Barbara Stanwyck. It was adapted from the 1956 novel A Walk on the Wild Side by American author Nelson Algren. The film was scripted by John Fante.
Plot
During the Great Depression, Dove Linkhorn and Kitty Tristram meet on the road in Texas as each travels separately to New Orleans. They decide to travel together, hitchhiking and hopping freight trains. Dove is hoping to find his lost love Hallie Gerard, and is not interested when Kitty comes on to him sexually.
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| author | Ben Hecht John Fante |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | New Orleans |
| director | Edward Dmytryk |
| editor | Harry W. Gerstad |
| events | prostitution |
| genre | drama |
| keywords | bordello confine freight trains french quarter great depression help hitchhike kill lesbian lesbian relationship lost love mann act married life on the road report sculpt statutory rape suspect transporting the underage kitty across state lines for immoral purposes younger woman |
| musicBy | Elmer Bernstein |
| producer | Charles K. Feldman |
| publisher | Columbia Pictures |
| recordedAt | New Orleans |
| theme | lgbt-related |