Drama · United States of America · 1960 · 1h 8m

The Savage Eye

Director

Cast

Barbara Baxley as Judith McGuire Gary Merrill as The Poet Herschel Bernardi as Kirk Jean Hidey as Venus the Body Elizabeth Zemach as The Nurse

Crew

Haskell Wexler — Director of Photography Helen Levitt — Director of Photography Jack Couffer — Director of Photography Ben Maddow — Writer Sidney Meyers — Writer Joseph Strick — Writer

Tagline

POET: "What's you name, traveller?" WOMAN: "Judith X" POET: "What's the X?" WOMAN: "X-Mcguire. I'm divorced." POET: "Alone?" WOMAN: "Alone" POET: "Why?" WOMAN "Because the touch of human skin makes me sick!"

Synopsis

Resentful after an ugly divorce from her unfaithful husband, Judith McGuire moves to Los Angeles. Adrift and detached, she spends her days and nights wandering through her new city, cynically remarking on the hypocrisy, vanity and brutality of the modern world and humanity's alienation from themselves and each other.

Mood & Themes

divorcee religious fundamentalism

Key Collaborators

Sidney Meyers Director Ben Maddow Director Joseph Strick Director Haskell Wexler Director of Photography Helen Levitt Director of Photography Jack Couffer Director of Photography Ben Maddow Writer Sidney Meyers Writer Joseph Strick Writer Ben Maddow Producer Joseph Strick Producer Sidney Meyers Producer

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