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A troubled young man discovers that he has a knack for writing when a counselor encourages him to pursue a literary career.A troubled young man discovers that he has a knack for writing when a counselor encourages him to pursue a literary career.A troubled young man discovers that he has a knack for writing when a counselor encourages him to pursue a literary career.
Charles Arnt
- Mr. Parsons
- (uncredited)
Mark Bailey
- Sheriff
- (uncredited)
Walter Baldwin
- Mr. Spangler
- (uncredited)
Joe Butham
- Mr. Dace
- (uncredited)
Pat Buttram
- Mr. Longstreet
- (uncredited)
Harry Carter
- Bartender
- (uncredited)
Linden Chiles
- Doctor
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
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- TriviaElvis Presley's best performances are invariably cited as his three forays into drama, which were natural matches for his chief acting characteristics: petulance, intensity and hidden vulnerability. Not coincidentally, music takes a back seat in most of these three vehicles. In King Creole (1958), based on the plot about a would-be singer, Presley sings a full score of songs. In Flaming Star (1960), there is just one song in the plot. In Wild in the Country (1961), there is only one 'serenade' per female character. The songs were included largely so that, at the very least, an Extended Play soundtrack album could be released for each film and record sales would not be negatively impacted by the time the dramas took to film. King Creole, of course, was one of the best selling albums of Presley's career, but in the case of both Flaming Star and Wild in the Country, no soundtrack album was released outside of a 45rpm single.
- GoofsIn the Elvis drunk scene, when he douses the window with the water hose, the in-between close up shot of the window pane (showing close up the women inside looking out) has no water residue / dripping: next shot back out to Elvis' stance (still water hose spraying) and it's (rightly) soaked.
- Quotes
Betty Lee Parsons: I have no intention of wasting sympathy on him.
Glenn Tyler: Sympathy is never wasted, Betty Lee. One way or another, you get it back, or so it says in the Book.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Elvis in the Movies (1990)
- SoundtracksWild in the Country
by Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore and George David Weiss (as George Weiss)
Performed by Elvis Presley (uncredited)
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I love this movie! 9/10
"A troubled young man discovers that he has a knack for writing when a counselor encourages him to pursue a literary career." Do me a favour: Do not think of this movie as any other Elvis flick, because this is one of the best classic films I've seen. Well, he sings a couple songs to his lovers and he gets into a couple of fights, but here it just doesn't happen randomly. The plot is excellent and Elvis blew me away with his acting. There's one specific scene where he's sharing stories about his dead mother with Hope Lange and it almost brought me to tears. His acting was very natural, as was Hope Lange's, Tuesday Weld's and Millie Perkins'. This is a fantastic movie and I hope you'll enjoy it as much as I did.
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- aidosh94
- Mar 8, 2009
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- Runtime1 hour 54 minutes
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- 2.35 : 1
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