Ah, Wilderness!

Ah, Wilderness!

117 mins | Oct. 13, 1976

On the Fourth of July holiday in 1906, the Miller family prepares to celebrate in their New England home. Young Richard, 16, is a thoughtful and poetic youth in love with a neighbor girl, Muriel. When Richard's messages of poetry to Muriel upset her prudish father, Muriel is forbidden to see him and forced to write a letter saying she wishes no more to do with him. Richard, devastated, sets out to learn the evil ways of the world and put his broken heart behind him.

Ah, Wilderness!

117 mins | Oct. 13, 1976

Ah, Wilderness!
On the Fourth of July holiday in 1906, the Miller family prepares to celebrate in their New England home. Young Richard, 16, is a thoughtful and poetic youth in love with a neighbor girl, Muriel. When Richard's messages of poetry to Muriel upset her prudish father, Muriel is forbidden to see him and forced to write a letter saying she wishes no more to do with him. Richard, devastated, sets out to learn the evil ways of the world and put his broken heart behind him.
Producers
Original title Ah, Wilderness!
Directors Arvin Brown
Writers Eugene O'Neill

Cast

Anthony Petrillo

as Tommy

Geraldine Fitzgerald

as Essie Miller

William Swetland

as Nat Miller

Christina Whitmore

as Mildred

Victor Garber

as Arthur

Joyce Ebert

as Lily Miller

John Braden

as Sid Davis

Richard Backus

as Richard Miller

Ralph Drischell

as David McComber

Linda Hunt

as Nora

Sean P. Griffin

as Bartender

Suzanne Lederer

as Belle

Donald Gantry

as Salesman

Swoosie Kurtz

as Muriel McComber