Sweet Bird of Youth

Sweet Bird of Youth

120 mins | Drama, Romance | March 21, 1962

Gigolo and drifter Chance Wayne returns to his home town 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.

Sweet Bird of Youth

120 mins | Drama, Romance | March 21, 1962

Sweet Bird of Youth
Gigolo and drifter Chance Wayne returns to his home town 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.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Roxbury Productions
Original title Sweet Bird of Youth
Directors Hank Moonjean, Richard Brooks
Writers Tennessee Williams, Richard Brooks

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 Thomas 'Tom' J. Finley, Jr.

Mildred Dunnock

as Aunt Nonnie

Madeleine Sherwood

as Miss Lucy

Philip Abbott

as Dr. George Scudder

Corey Allen

as Scotty

Roy Glenn

as Charles

Bess Flowers

as Spectator at political rally

Barry Cahill

as Bud

Dub Taylor

as Dan Hatcher

James Douglas

as Leroy

Barry Atwater

as Ben Jackson

Charles Arnt

as Mayor Henricks

Dorothy Konrad

as Mrs. Maribelle Norris

James Chandler

as Professor Brutus Haven Smith

Mike Steen

as Deputy

Kelly Thordsen

as Sheriff Clark

Cosmo Sardo

as Bar Patron

Jeffrey Sayre

as Man at Political Rally

Bert Stevens

as Film Crew Member