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Wild in the Country (1961) was a Drama - Musical Film directed by Philip Dunne and produced by Jerry Wald and Peter Nelson.

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Glenn Tyler: You'd think I set a blow torch to the American flag. What's a man for if he can't aim high, ma'am?


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.


Glenn Tyler: What do you want me to talk about?
Irene Sperry: Anything at all. Just talk.


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The song "Husky Dusky Day", sung in the movie by Elvis Presley and Hope Lange, was unreleased for years and appeared on an official record only in the 1990s.
Simone Signoret turned down the role of Irene Sperry.
'Clifford Odet''s original script had Elvis Presley's character committing suicide at the end of the film. This was screened for a preview audience, who were horrified, and the ending was changed.
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