Walk on the Wild Side

Walk on the Wild Side

114 mins | Drama | March 20, 1962

At the Doll House, a 1930s New Orleans bordello, Hallie is the main attraction both for clients and for Jo, the madame. Her comfortable if tedious life is disrupted by the arrival in town of Dove Linkhorn, her true love of three years before who is now searching for her. When Linkhorn learns the truth of her profession he triggers a chain of events involving a number of people, including the young Kitty with whom he travelled from Texas and who is now the Doll House newest recruit.

Walk on the Wild Side

114 mins | Drama | March 20, 1962

Walk on the Wild Side
At the Doll House, a 1930s New Orleans bordello, Hallie is the main attraction both for clients and for Jo, the madame. Her comfortable if tedious life is disrupted by the arrival in town of Dove Linkhorn, her true love of three years before who is now searching for her. When Linkhorn learns the truth of her profession he triggers a chain of events involving a number of people, including the young Kitty with whom he travelled from Texas and who is now the Doll House newest recruit.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers Columbia Pictures
Original title Walk on the Wild Side
Directors Floyd Joyer, Edward Dmytryk
Writers Edmund Morris, John Fante, Nelson Algren

Cast

Laurence Harvey

as Dove Linkhorn

Capucine

as Hallie Gerard

Jane Fonda

as Kitty Twist

Anne Baxter

as Teresina Vidaverri

Barbara Stanwyck

as Jo Courtney

Joanna Moore

as Miss Precious

Richard Rust

as Oliver

Karl Swenson

as Schmidt

Don Barry

as Dockery

Juanita Moore

as Mama

John Anderson

as Preacher

Ken Lynch

as Frank Bonito

Todd Armstrong

as Lt. Omar Stroud

Sherry O'Neil

as Reba

John Bryant

as Spence

Kathryn Card

as Landlady

Barbara Hines

as Prostitute

Patricia Tiernan

as Prostitute

Florence Wyatt

as Prostitute

Elaine Martone

as Prostitute (uncredited)

Virginia Holden

as Prostitute

Paul Maxey

as Auctioneer

Chester Jones

as Black waiter

Ted Jacques

as Sheriff

Lillian Bronson

as Amy Gerard