Sweet Bird of Youth

6.7 / 10

(124 votes)

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.

Country:

United States of America

Genre:

Drama,

Romance

Duration:

120 minutes

Year:

1962

Director:

Richard Brooks

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Company:

Roxbury Productions,

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Cast:
Paul Newman

Chance Wayne

Geraldine Page

Alexandra Del Lago

Shirley Knight

Heavenly Finley

Ed Begley

Tom 'Boss' Finley

Rip Torn

Thomas 'Tom' J. Finley, Jr.

Crew:
Richard Brooks

Director

Tennessee Williams

Theatre Play

Richard Brooks

Screenplay

Milton Krasner

Director of Photography

Pandro S. Berman

Producer