Something Wild
“Something Different. Something Daring. Something Dangerous.”
A free-spirited woman "kidnaps" a yuppie for a weekend of adventure. But the fun quickly takes a dangerous turn when her ex-con husband shows up.
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Cast
51 people
Jeff Daniels
Charles Driggs
Known for
The Martian
Dumb and Dumber
Melanie Griffith
Audrey Hankel
Known for
Working Girl
Automata
Ray Liotta
Ray Sinclair
Known for
GoodFellas
Identity
George 'Red' Schwartz
Counter Man
Also in
The Silence of the Lambs
Married to the Mob
Margaret Colin
Irene
Known for
Gossip Girl
Independence Day
Leib Lensky
Frenchy
Also in
The Silence of the Lambs
Love and Death
Tracey Walter
The Country Squire
Known for
The Silence of the Lambs
I Spit on Your Grave
Anna Levine
The Girl in 3F
Maggie T.
Country Squire Bulldog
No other roles listed
Patricia Falkenhain
Charlie's Secretary
Known for
The House on Carroll Street
Sandy McLeod
Graves' Secretary
Known for
Last Embrace
Robert Ridgely
Richard Graves
Known for
Philadelphia
Boogie Nights
Jonathan Demme Director · E. Max Frye Writer John Cale Composer
Worldwide gross $8.4M · Budget $7M · United States release November 7, 1986
Box office
Budget
$7,000,000
Worldwide gross
$8,362,969
Gross vs. budget
1.2×
Production
Orion Pictures
Production · Studio
Religiosa Primitiva
Production
A Luta Continua
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Canada · November 7, 1986
Theatrical
United States · November 7, 1986
Theatrical
United States · July 15, 1987
Physical · VHS
Australia
February 26, 1987 · Theatrical
Brazil
August 20, 1987 · Theatrical · IMDB + Cine Belas Artes
Finland
May 22, 1987 · Theatrical
France
June 10, 1987 · Theatrical
September 2, 2015 · Physical
Germany
August 6, 1987 · Theatrical
Italy
September 4, 1987 · Theatrical
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