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Sweet Bird of Youth
1962, Mar 21
2h 0m
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.
Directed by
Richard Brooks
Written by
Tennessee Williams
Paul Newman
Chance Wayne
Rip Torn
Tom Finley Jr.
James Douglas
Leroy
Cosmo Sardo
Bar Patron (uncredited)
Dub Taylor
Dan Hatcher
Philip Abbott
George Scudder
Shirley Knight
Heavenly Finley
Bess Flowers
Spectator at Rally (uncredited)
Madeleine Sherwood
Miss Lucy
Roy Glenn
Charles (uncredited)
Kelly Thordsen
Sheriff Clark
Geraldine Page
Alexandra Del Lago
Bert Stevens
Film Crew Member (uncredited)
Mike Steen
Deputy
Charles Arnt
Mayor Henricks
Barry Atwater
Ben Jackson
Ed Begley
Tom 'Boss' Finley
Jeffrey Sayre
Man at Rally (uncredited)
Mildred Dunnock
Aunt Nonnie
James Chandler
Brutus Haven Smith
Barry Cahill
Bud
Dorothy Konrad
Maribelle Norris
Rudy Germane
Man at Rally (uncredited)
Herschel Graham
Bar Patron (uncredited)
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