Feature film — 1962
Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)
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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A high-signal pick with 141 votes.
Roxbury Productions / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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Director: Richard Brooks
On screen
Cast & crew
Paul Newman
Chance Wayne
Geraldine Page
Alexandra Del Lago
Shirley Knight
Heavenly Finley
Ed Begley
Tom 'Boss' Finley
Rip Torn
Tom Finley Jr.
Mildred Dunnock
Aunt Nonnie
Madeleine Sherwood
Miss Lucy
Philip Abbott
George Scudder
Corey Allen
Scotty
Barry Cahill
Bud
Dub Taylor
Dan Hatcher
James Douglas
Leroy
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