Expert: Mel - 5/4/2007

Question
Sorry-I don't know the stars.  Old black and white film with a young woman about to throw herself off a bridge and is saved by man who takes her home-wish I could remember more.  It has been at least 35 years since I watched it.

Answer
Hello again Sandra,

I've just been reminded of another film which could also be the one you want. It was released in 1951, starred Beverley Michaels and Hugo Hass, and was called "The Girl On The bridge".

Plot summary: "An elderly watchmaker stops a beautiful young blonde from committing suicide by throwing herself off a bridge. They eventually marry, and things go well until a man from the woman's somewhat unsavoury past shows up and attempts to blackmail her."

Cheers.........Mel.




Hello Sandra,

This one took a bit of searching for, but I think I've found the one it might be. It came out in 1961, starred Carroll Baker and Ralph Meeker, and was called "Something Wild".

Here is a brief plot summary:  "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. Although at first appreciative of Mike's kindness, Mary Ann becomes terrified when he refuses to let her leave. Is Mike really Mary Ann's rescuer - or something else?"

Does that sound like it?

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