Something Wild (1961)

SOMETHING WILD  (1961)  ¢ ¢ ¢
    D: Jack Garfein 
    Carroll Baker, Ralph Meeker, Mildred Dunnock,
    Jean Stapleton, Martin Koslek, Clifton James
An offbeat drama about a young woman whose life spirals into a nightmare after she's raped. Well-acted and disturbing, with a musical score by Aaron Copland and titles by Saul Bass. Baker's performance has a disembodied quality, except when anybody tries to touch her, a trauma victim in an ongoing state of shock, and Meeker's both frightening and pathetic as a guy who saves her life and then wants something in return. It gets real crazy toward the end, not that it has far to go. Look for Jean Stapleton in a small role as Baker's tenement neighbor. You wouldn't know it was her necessarily, but it's not hard to recognize Edith Bunker's voice.