Sweet Bird of Youth

Sweet Bird of Youth
1962DramaRomance120 mins
★★★★★

Plot

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 find... read more

  • Richard Brooks

    Director

  • Tennessee Williams

    Theatre Play

  • Richard Brooks

    Screenplay

  • Tennessee Williams

    Writer

  • Milton Krasner

    Director of Photography

  • Henry Berman

    Editor

  • Paul Newman

    Chance Wayne

  • Geraldine Page

    Alexandra Del Lago

  • Shirley Knight

    Heavenly Finley

  • Ed Begley

    Tom 'Boss' Finley

  • Rip Torn

    Thomas 'Tom' J. Finley, Jr.

  • Mildred Dunnock

    Aunt Nonnie

  • Madeleine Sherwood

    Miss Lucy

  • Philip Abbott

    Dr. George Scudder

  • Corey Allen

    Scotty

  • Roy Glenn

    Charles

  • Bess Flowers

    Spectator at political rally

  • Barry Cahill

    Bud

  • Dub Taylor

    Dan Hatcher

  • James Douglas

    Leroy

  • Barry Atwater

    Ben Jackson

  • Charles Arnt

    Mayor Henricks

  • Dorothy Konrad

    Mrs. Maribelle Norris

  • James Chandler

    Professor Brutus Haven Smith

  • Mike Steen

    Deputy

  • Kelly Thordsen

    Sheriff Clark

  • Cosmo Sardo

    Bar Patron

  • Jeffrey Sayre

    Man at Political Rally

  • Bert Stevens

    Film Crew Member

  • Rudy Germane

    Man at Political Rally (uncredited)

  • Herschel Graham

    Bar Patron (uncredited)

    • 3.0

    Runtime

    120 minutes

    Released

    1962-03-21

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    United States of America

    Studios

    Roxbury Productions

    Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

    Updated

    29 days ago

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