The Wild Party

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The Wild Party

"This is a New Motion Picture as Daring as the Screen Will Ever Get!"

1956

1h 31m

6.6(5 votes)

Crime

Drama

Overview

An ex-football brute (Anthony Quinn) and his beatnik gang take a rich girl (Carol Ohmart) and her boyfriend hostage (Arthur Franz) at a jazz joint.

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10 featured cast members

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Anthony Quinn

Tom Kupfen

Carol Ohmart

Erica London

Arthur Franz

Lt. Arthur Mitchell

Jay Robinson

Gage Freeposter

Kathryn Grant

Honey

Nehemiah Persoff

Kicks Johnson

Paul Stewart

Ben Davis

Nestor Paiva

Branson

Maureen Stephenson

Ellen

Michael Ross

Bouncer

Creative team

Directed by: Harry Horner
Written by: John McPartland
Produced by: Philip Yordan
Sidney Harmon

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