Wild in the Country
Director: Philip Dunne
Genre: Romance Film, Romantic drama, Musical, Drama
Year: 1961
Country: United States of America
Language: English Language
Starring: Elvis Presley, Hope Lange, Tuesday Weld, Millie Perkins, Gary Lockwood, John Ireland, Rafer Johnson, Raymond Greenleaf, William Mims
Wild in the Country is a 1961 film drama starring Elvis Presley in which he portrays a troubled young man from a dysfunctional family who pursues a literary career. The screenplay was written by playwright Clifford Odets.
The movie starts off with Glenn Tyler (Elvis Presley) getting into a fight with, and badly injuring, his drunken brother. A court releases him on probation into the care of his uncle in a small town, appointing Irene Sperry (Hope Lange) to give him psychological counselling. Marked as a trouble-maker, he is falsely suspected of various misdemeanors including an affair with Irene. Eventually shown to be innocent, he leaves to go to college and become a writer.
Filmed on location in the Napa Valley and in Hollywood Studios, although it is set in the Shenandoah Valley, the cast and crew created a public sensation in Napa for over two months of filming. The motel that they stayed at, Casa Beliveau (since torn down) was so mobbed that Elvis had to be moved to the St. Helena home that was being used in the film as Irene Sperry's (Hope Lange) house where Glenn Tyler (Elvis) went for counseling. Now a top-rated inn in the Napa Valley and known as The Ink House you can
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