Walk On The Wild Side DVD (1962)

Walk On The Wild Side

1962

Overall rating: 2 out of 5

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This moody and controversial drama takes place in Depression-era New Orleans. Dove (Laurence Harvey) has traveled by bus from Texas to find his wayward lover Hallie (Capucine). He meets young Kitty Twist (Jane Fonda) as the two get off in the crescent city. Teresina (Anne Baxter) gives him a job at her small cafe. In his free time, Dove searches for Hallie and finds her at work as a prostitute in the Doll's House. Dove implores Hallie to return to him but she refuses. When the lecherous lesbian madame Jo (Barbara Stanwyck) discovers Dove's intentions towards Hallie, she has him beaten to a bloody pulp by her hired goons. He is found by Kitty, now a happy hooker at the Doll House, and is taken back to the cafe where the compassionate Teresina heals his physical and emotional wounds. The film taken from the novel by Nelson Algren is much tamer than the original text. The title track, sung by Brook Benton, was nominated for an Academy Award. The black-cat stalking opening and closing sequences (by designer Saul Bass) is a perfect little film-within-a-film. This footage, with its superb lighting, framing, panning, and editing, should be appreciated by anyone who wants to know more about the art of cinematography.~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide

Walk On The Wild Side details

Format:	15 DVD
Starring:	Laurence Harvey, Jane Fonda, Anne Baxter, Capucine
Director:	Edward Dmytryk
Genre:	Drama - Crime, General
Studio:	BLACKHORSE ENTERTAINMENT

DVD 1 disc

Name	Discs
Walk On The Wild Side	15 Feature

DVD Information

Run time:	1 hour 49 minutes
Rental release:	Not currently released
Main languages:	English

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LONDON BOULAVARD FOR LAYER CAKE swap over

By causticksodamike (7 reviews) , 18 Aug 2011

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foget this old film what about LONDON BOULAVARD !?? is this a copy ofLAYER CAKE!!?? its all the same sort of routinegood crook helps everybody nice guy , gets the baddies, wins the day then at the end gets stab bed by the films mr nobody!err err, bad endings ,Colin FARELL, ALIAS DANIEL CRAIG, or vice versa..i am very confused did the writer of LONDON BOULAVARD,, just finish watching, LAYER CAKE, then sit down to start writing??, and get transmogrified , or was he just suffering from the exuberance of his own verbossity ?, anyway the name of each film could be changed to the other,, anyone agree , causticksoda ?
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LONDON BOULAVARD FOR LAYER CAKE swap over

By causticksodamike (7 reviews) , 18 Aug 2011

foget this old film what about LONDON BOULAVARD !?? is this a copy ofLAYER CAKE!!?? its all the same sort of routinegood crook helps everybody nice guy , gets the baddies, wins the day then at the end gets stab bed by the films mr nobody!err err, bad endings ,Colin FARELL, ALIAS DANIEL CRAIG, or vice versa..i am very confused did the writer of LONDON BOULAVARD,, just finish watching, LAYER CAKE, then sit down to start writing??, and get transmogrified , or was he just suffering from the exuberance of his own verbossity ?, anyway the name of each film could be changed to the other,, anyone agree , causticksoda ?
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