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Wild Seed

Wild Seed

1965Movie⏱️ 1h 39mApproved
DramaRomance
6.8
IMDB Rating
424 votes

A 17-year-old girl runs away from her East Coast home, going west to Los Angeles to meet her biological father. She has learned from letters her mother kept that he was tragically separated from her before the girl's birth. On the...

Director
Brian G. Hutton
Writers
Lester Pine, Ike Jones
Stars
Michael Parks, Celia Kaye, Ross Elliott
Release Date
May 5, 1965
Language
English, Spanish
Country
United States
💬 30
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Michael Parks
Michael Parks
as Fargo
Celia Kaye
Celia Kaye
as Daffy Collinge
Ross Elliott
Ross Elliott
as James Collinge
Woodrow Chambliss
Woodrow Chambliss
as Mr. Simms
Rupert Crosse
Rupert Crosse
as Hobo
Eva Novak
Eva Novak
as Mrs. Simms
Norman Burton
Norman Burton
as Policeman
Merritt Bohn
Merritt Bohn
as Constable
Al Lettieri
Al Lettieri
as Bartender

🎬 Technical Specs

Color
Black and White
Filming Location
Stockton, California, USA
Production
Pennebaker Productions

🏷️ Keywords

street hustlerreading a letter aloudabsent fatherunderage teenage girlsman tickles a woman

🎯 Categories

Teen DramaTeen RomanceDramaRomance

⭐ Featured Review

Surprising and moving film
by scgary662002-06-03
7/10

"This was a better movie than I was expecting; Michael Parks is extremely good as the young drifter (I was astonished that this was his first film) - it makes it that much more disappointing that his career didn't take off at all. He's very effective in showing both the protectiveness and vulnerability of the character, and really shines when the camera holds on him for a long time. On the other hand, Celia Kaye's performance didn't really strike me as anything special. There were moments when it struck me as fairly amateurish (in an unintentional way). The film is well dire..."

💡 Did You Know?

The script was written in 1957 and sold to Marlon Brando's company. He had originally intended to play the lead, but by the time the film was made he was deemed too old.

📖 Synopsis

A 17-year-old girl runs away from her East Coast home, going west to Los Angeles to meet her biological father. She has learned from letters her mother kept that he was tragically separated from her before the girl's birth. On the...