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Sweet Bird of Youth

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Sweet Bird of Youth

Mar 21, 1962

2h 0m

★ 6.8

He used love like most men use money.

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Roxbury Productions

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Cast

Paul Newman

Chance Wayne

Paul Newman

Geraldine Page

Alexandra Del Lago

Geraldine Page

Shirley Knight

Heavenly Finley

Shirley Knight

Ed Begley

Tom 'Boss' Finley

Ed Begley

Rip Torn

Tom Finley Jr.

Rip Torn

Mildred Dunnock

Aunt Nonnie

Mildred Dunnock

Madeleine Sherwood

Miss Lucy

Madeleine Sherwood

Philip Abbott

George Scudder

Philip Abbott

Corey Allen

Scotty

Corey Allen

No Image

Bud

Barry Cahill

Dub Taylor

Dan Hatcher

Dub Taylor

James Douglas

Leroy

James Douglas

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