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The Wild and the Innocent is a 1959 American CinemaScope Western film directed by Jack Sher and starring Audie Murphy and Sandra Dee, two inexperienced young people who get into trouble when they visit a town for the very first time.
The film was the final Universal-International film shot in CinemaScope.




Plot


Shy and naive mountain trapper Yancy (Audie Murphy) travels through Wyoming with his uncle and his Indian wife. After Uncle Lije (George Mitchell) is injured by a bear, Yancy is sent to trade their beaver pelts for money and supplies. When he arrives at the trading post, he finds it has been burnt down by an Indian who was sold moonshine by a lazy sneak thief, Ben Stocker (Strother Martin). The trading post owner tells Yancy that he will have to ride two more days to Casper, Wyoming, the nearest town to trade his furs. Stocker tries to trade his oldest daughter Rosalie (Sandra Dee) to Yancy for some furs, but is rebuffed. The next day, Yancy finds that Rosalie has run away from her father and wants him to take her to town.
When they reach the town and he trades his furs, Yancy gets Rosalie some new clothes so she will be presentable to look for a job. Paul Bartell (Gilbert Roland), the town's corrupt sheriff, says he will find Rosalie a job at the dance hall, and Yancy believes that this will be alright. He later finds out what really goes on at the dance hall and goes to get Rosalie. Bartell, who intends to earn good money with Rosalie, refuses to let the girl go, and Yancy is forced to shoot him in self-defense.
The next day, Yancy is loading up to leave for the mountains, while he intends for Rosalie to stay at the general store and be cared for by Mr. Forbes (Jim Backus) and his wife (Betty Harford). However, Rosalie refuses to part with him, and in the end Uncle Lije and Yancy head into the mountains with Rosalie riding on the back of Yancy’s horse.




Cast


Audie Murphy as Yancy Hawks
Joanne Dru as Marcy Howard
Gilbert Roland as Sheriff Paul Bartell
Jim Backus as Cecil Forbes
Sandra Dee as Rosalie Stocker
George Mitchell as Uncle Lije Hawks
Peter Breck as Chip
Strother Martin as Ben Stocker
Wesley Marie Tackitt as Ma Ransome
Betty Harford as Mrs. Forbes
Mel Leonard as Pitchman
Lillian Adams as Kiri Hawks
Val Benedict as Richie
Jim Sheppard as Henchman
Edson Stroll as Henchman (as Ed Stroll)
John Qualls as Henchman
Frank Wolff as Henchman
Rosemary Eliot as Dancehall Girl
Barboura Morris as Dancehall Girl
Louise Glenn as Dancehall Girl
Stephen Roberts as Bouncer
Karyn Kupcinet as Townswoman (as Tammy Windsor)




Production


Filming took place in Big Bear Lake, California starting October 1958. The film was known as The Buckskin Lad and the Calico Girl.




See also


List of American films of 1959




References






External links


The Wild and the Innocent at IMDb
The Wild and the Innocent at the TCM Movie Database
The Wild and the Innocent at AllMovie
Review of film at Variety

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