Main Cast: Michael Parks, Celia Kaye, Ross Elliott, Woodrow Chambliss, Rupert Crosse
Release Year: 1965
Country: US
Run Time: 99 minutes
Plot
Wild Seed was produced by Universal as part of the studio's short-lived "new talent" policy, which permitted untried actors and/or directors a low-cost opportunity to prove themselves with a theatrical feature. Director Brian G. Hutton was no newcomer, having been a TV actor and director for several years, but Wild Seed was his first big-screen directorial effort. Michael Parks plays a young drifter who forms an alliance with runaway girl Celia Kaye. Parks helps guide the girl on her trek to California, falling in love along the way. The plotline is wafer thin, but Wild Seed was a particular favorite of cinematographer Conrad Hall, who welcomed the opportunity given him by director Hutton to tell most of the story through imagery and visual juxtapositions rather than dialogue (the film was also Hall's first major studio credit). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Alexander Golitzen - Art Director, George C. Webb - Art Director, Ted Parvin - Costume Designer, Brian G. Hutton - Director, Hugh S. Fowler - Editor, Richard Markowitz - Composer (Music Score), Brian G. Hutton - Songwriter, Albert S. Ruddy - Songwriter, Bud Westmore - Makeup, Richard Cobos - Makeup, Conrad L. Hall - Cinematographer, Albert S. Ruddy - Producer, James S. Redd - Set Designer, John McCarthy - Set Designer, Ike Jones - Screen Story, Les Pine - Screen Story, Les Pine - Screenwriter
