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Sweet Bird of Youth

1962 · 2h · Drama

He used love like most men use money.

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 as Chance Wayne
• Geraldine Page as Alexandra Del Lago
• Shirley Knight as Heavenly Finley
• Ed Begley as Tom 'Boss' Finley
• Rip Torn as Tom Finley Jr.
• Mildred Dunnock as Aunt Nonnie
• Madeleine Sherwood as Miss Lucy
• Philip Abbott as George Scudder
• Corey Allen as Scotty
• Barry Cahill as Bud
• Dub Taylor as Dan Hatcher
• James Douglas as Leroy

Details

Director

Richard Brooks

Released

March 21, 1962

Runtime

2h

Genres

Drama

Studio

Roxbury Productions and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Status

Released

TMDB score

6.7 / 10 from 141 votes