

Sweet Bird of Youth
1962 Directed by Richard BrooksGigolo 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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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
Director
...........................................................Richard Brooks
Producer
...........................................................Pandro S. Berman
Writer
...........................................................Tennessee Williams
Assistant Director
...........................................................Hank Moonjean
Theatre Play
...........................................................Tennessee Williams
Screenplay
...........................................................Richard Brooks
Other
...........................................................Joan Joseff
Production Companies
...................................................Roxbury Productions
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Countries
........................................................United States of America
Spoken Languages
....................................................English
Genres
....................................................Drama
Romance
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