Untamed (1929 film)

Untamed
Directed byJack Conway
Written bySylvia Thalberg
Frank Butler
Dialogue:
Willard Mack
Based ona short story
by Charles E. Scoggins
StarringJoan Crawford
Robert Montgomery
Ernest Torrence
Holmes Herbert
CinematographyOliver T. Marsh
Edited byCharles Hochberg
William S. Gray
Music byWilliam Axt
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • November 23, 1929 (1929-11-23)
Running time
86 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$229,000
Box office$974,000

Untamed is a 1929 American pre-Code Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer romantic drama film directed by Jack Conway and starring Joan Crawford, Robert Montgomery, Ernest Torrence, Holmes Herbert, Gwen Lee, and Lloyd Ingraham. The script was adapted by Sylvia Thalberg and Frank Butler, with dialogue by Willard Mack, from a story by Charles E. Scoggins.

Made during MGM's transition from silent to sound movies, Untamed was Crawford's first non-musical talkie. It was the first role as a leading man for Montgomery, who made several silents before this film.