Expert: Mel - 1/16/2011

Question
40s/50s movie.bridge in background,3 story apt house in a city.nyc i think? man lives in basement apt,he brings women home one day and wont let her leave.he goes to work everyday,and locks her in,she tries to escape but cant.he goes out one day and leaves door open,she leaves.he comes home and she is gone.he fell in love with her,but kept her against her will.after a while she comes back cause she fell in love with him.i think its the brooklyn bridge from new york city in the background?....i hope you can help me..thank you

Answer
Hello Loretta,

That sounds like a film from 1961 called "Something Wild", which starred Carroll Baker and Ralph Meeker.

Story Outline: Mary Ann Robinson, a young woman living in The Bronx, New York, with her neurotic, overbearing mother and kindly but ineffectual stepfather, is raped while walking home one night. Keeping the attack to herself, Mary Ann runs away, seeking to lose herself in Manhattan by renting a seedy flat and taking a job in a dime store. Overwhelmed by people's hostility and her own despair, Mary Ann tries to jump off the Manhattan Bridge, only to be stopped by Mike, a garage mechanic who takes her back to his modest basement apartment nearby. At first appreciative of Mike's kindness, Mary Ann becomes terrified when he refuses to let her leave.

Have a look here.....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Something_Wild_(1961_film)


Glad to be of help. Cheers........Mel.