Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)2h00
Drama
Director Richard Brooks (7.4 avg)
Also directed Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, In Cold Blood, The Professionals, and 22 more
Gigolo and drifter Chance Wayne returns to his hometown as the companion of a faded movie star, Alexandra Del Lago, whom he hopes to use to help him break into the movies. Chance runs into trouble when he finds his ex-girlfriend, the daughter of the local politician Tom "Boss" Finley, who more or less forced him to leave his daughter and the town many years ago.
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Cast
Paul Newman
Geraldine Page
Shirley Knight
Ed Begley
Rip Torn
Mildred Dunnock
Madeleine Sherwood
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