Ah, Wilderness!
1976On 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.
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Anthony Petrillo
as Tommy
Geraldine Fitzgerald
as Essie Miller
William Swetland
as Nat Miller
Christina Whitmore
as Mildred
Victor Garber
as Arthur
Joyce Ebert
as Lily Miller
John Braden
as Sid Davis
Richard Backus
as Richard Miller
Ralph Drischell
as David McComber
Linda Hunt
as Nora
Sean P. Griffin
as Bartender
Suzanne Lederer
as Belle
Donald Gantry
as Salesman
Swoosie Kurtz
as Muriel McComber