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The Wild and the Innocent (1959)

The Wild and the Innocent poster
Directed by
Jack Sher
Genre
Western film, romantic comedy
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 24m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 22 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Two naive young people from the countryside go to a town for the first time and get into trouble. The story follows their misadventures as they navigate the unfamiliar and dangerous city life.

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What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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