Baby Doll

Baby Doll

114 mins | Drama | Dec. 18, 1956

Archie Lee Meighan is a failing cotton gin owner who is married to Baby Doll, a 19-year old childlike beauty whose father arranged the marriage for financial reasons. As Archie awaits the arrival of Baby Doll's 20th birthday, the day that they are supposed to consummate their marriage, he faces interference from business rival Silva Vacarro, who plots to seduce Baby Doll away from Meighan.

Baby Doll

114 mins | Drama | Dec. 18, 1956

Baby Doll
Archie Lee Meighan is a failing cotton gin owner who is married to Baby Doll, a 19-year old childlike beauty whose father arranged the marriage for financial reasons. As Archie awaits the arrival of Baby Doll's 20th birthday, the day that they are supposed to consummate their marriage, he faces interference from business rival Silva Vacarro, who plots to seduce Baby Doll away from Meighan.
IMDb rating 7.3
Producers Warner Bros. Pictures, Newtown Productions
Original title Baby Doll
Directors Roberta Hodes, Charles H. Maguire, Elia Kazan
Writers Tennessee Williams

Cast

Karl Malden

as Archie Lee Meighan

Carroll Baker

as Baby Doll Meighan

Eli Wallach

as Silva Vacarro

Mildred Dunnock

as Aunt Rose Comfort

Lonny Chapman

as Rock

Eades Hogue

as Town Marshal

Noah Williamson

as Deputy

R.G. Armstrong

as Townsman Sid (voice) (uncredited)

Madeleine Sherwood

as Nurse in Doctor's Office (uncredited)

Rip Torn

as The Dentist (uncredited)