Something Wild

College student Mary Ann Robinson is raped late one evening as she is walking home from the subway. She tells no one of the incident and destroys whatever might remind her of that night. Mary Ann is no longer able to cope with her surroundings, especially the continual questioning of her domineering mother. Mary Ann runs away to the city, renting a shoddy room in a rooming house and working at a dead end job at a five-and-dime. Mary Ann fares no better on her own, always thinking about the incident, and being agitated by any physical contact or mention of men in a romantic or sexual context. Most view her agitation purely as haughtiness. Mary Ann's problems change when she meets Mike, a man who just wants to love.