Ah, Wilderness!

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.

Directed by Arvin Brown

Top cast

A

Anthony Petrillo

Tommy

Geraldine Fitzgerald

Essie Miller

W

William Swetland

Nat Miller

C

Christina Whitmore

Mildred

Victor Garber

Arthur

J

Joyce Ebert

Lily Miller

J

John Braden

Sid Davis

Richard Backus

Richard Miller

R

Ralph Drischell

David McComber

Linda Hunt

Nora

S

Sean P. Griffin

Bartender

S

Suzanne Lederer

Belle

D

Donald Gantry

Salesman

Swoosie Kurtz

Muriel McComber

Details