Wild Seed is a 1965 American drama romance film directed by Brian G. Hutton and starring Michael Parks and Celia Kaye.

[2] Seventeen-year-old Daphne Simms (Kaye) learns of her biological father from letters left by her deceased mother.

Unaware of the dangers on the road, she attempts to hitchhike but learns a valuable lesson early.

Through run-ins with hobos and the police, arguments with and misunderstandings about each other, and a serious illness while on their journey, a close friendship forms, and they begin to have feelings for each other.

[3] The script originally was written in 1957 and sold to Marlon Brando's company, Pennebaker Productions.