Ah, Wilderness! ( 1976 )

Overview

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.

Top Cast

Anthony Petrillo

Tommy

Geraldine Fitzgerald

Essie Miller

William Swetland

Nat Miller

Christina Whitmore

Mildred

Victor Garber

Arthur

Joyce Ebert

Lily Miller

John Braden

Sid Davis

Richard Backus

Richard Miller

Ralph Drischell

David McComber

Linda Hunt

Nora

Sean P. Griffin

Bartender

Suzanne Lederer

Belle

Donald Gantry

Salesman

Swoosie Kurtz

Muriel McComber