---
title: 'The Wild Party (1975)'
type: 'film'
director: 'James Ivory'
released: '1975-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 95
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-wild-party-1975'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073903/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Wild Party (1975)

1975 · 95 min · Drama, Comedy · United States


## Synopsis

The Wild Party is a 1975 American comedy-drama film directed by James Ivory and produced by Ismail Merchant for Merchant Ivory Productions. Loosely based on Joseph Moncure March's narrative poem of the same name, the screenplay is written by Walter Marks, who also composed the score. The plot follows an aging silent movie comic star of the 1920s named Jolly Grimm attempts a comeback by staging a party to show his new film.

## Credits

- **Director:** [James Ivory](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-ivory)
- **Screenplay:** [Walter Marks](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-marks), [Joseph Moncure March](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-moncure-march)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Walter Marks](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-marks), [Louis St. Louis](https://cinepixo.com/people/louis-st-louis)
- **Producer:** [Ismail Merchant](https://cinepixo.com/people/ismail-merchant)
- **Director of Photography:** [Walter Lassally](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-lassally)
- **Editor:** [Ken McKinney](https://cinepixo.com/people/ken-mckinney)

## Cast

- [Bobo Lewis](https://cinepixo.com/people/bobo-lewis)
- [Mews Small](https://cinepixo.com/people/mews-small)
- [Tiffany Bolling](https://cinepixo.com/people/tiffany-bolling)
- [Royal Dano](https://cinepixo.com/people/royal-dano)
- [Perry King](https://cinepixo.com/people/perry-king)
- [Eddie Lawrence](https://cinepixo.com/people/eddie-lawrence)
- [David Dukes](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-dukes)
- [Regis Cordic](https://cinepixo.com/people/regis-cordic)
- [Jennifer Lee](https://cinepixo.com/people/jennifer-lee)
- [Chuck Comisky](https://cinepixo.com/people/chuck-comisky)
- [Dena Dietrich](https://cinepixo.com/people/dena-dietrich)
- [Baruch Lumet](https://cinepixo.com/people/baruch-lumet)
- [Raquel Welch](https://cinepixo.com/people/raquel-welch)
- [James Coco](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-coco)

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