 "The Strange One" was censored by the Motion Picture Production Code for general "homosexual overtones", and "excessive brutality and suggestive sequences [that] tend to arouse disrespect for lawful authority".In his second film, "Something Wild" (1961), derived from Alex Karmel's novel "Mary Ann", he similarly tackled the studios' conventions by formally depicting rape.The film, starring Garfein's then wife Carroll Baker, was described by Garfein as a metaphor for his spiritual journey.