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It was there that he met Carroll Baker, who was his fellow student and whom he married. Baker and Garfein had one daughter, Emmy Award-winning actress Blanche Baker, and a son, Grammy-Award-winning composer Herschel Garfein. Career as a producer and theatre director
Something Wild: Directed by Jack Garfein. With Carroll Baker, Ralph Meeker, Mildred Dunnock, Jean Stapleton. A young rape victim tries desperately to pick up the pieces of her life, only to find herself at the mercy of a would-be rescuer.
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Something Wild is a 1961 American neo noir psychological thriller film directed by Jack Garfein, and starring Carroll Baker, Ralph Meeker, and Mildred Dunnock. It follows a young New York City college student who, after being brutally raped, is taken in and held captive by a mechanic who witnessed her suicide attempt on the Manhattan Bridge .
Baker had other early film roles in Giant (1956) and the romantic comedy But Not for Me (1959). In 1961, she appeared in the controversial independent film Something Wild, directed by her then husband Jack Garfein, playing a traumatized rape victim.
Jack Garfein. Something Wild. A complex exploration of the physical and emotional effects of trauma, Something Wild stars Carroll Baker, in a layered performance, as a college student who attempts suicide after a brutal sexual assault but is stopped by a mechanic (Ralph Meeker)—whose kindness, however, soon takes an unsettling turn.
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Overview. Synopsis. Credits. Photos & Videos. Film Details. Articles & Reviews. Quotes. Notes. Brief Synopsis. A rape victim runs away from her family and takes shelter with a romantic auto mechanic. Cast & Crew. Read More. Jack Garfein. Director. Carroll Baker. Mary Ann. Ralph Meeker. Mike. Mildred Dunnock. Mrs. Gates. Charles Watts. Warren Gates.
Jan 16, 2017 · Something Wild (1961), directed by Jack Garfein and starring Carroll Baker and Ralph Meeker—in two career-best performances—is the latter kind. It does not coddle, moralize, or explain. It is stark, brutal, and—startlingly, considering the subject matter—occasionally very tender, even funny.
