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

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

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

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