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

Sweet Bird of Youth Trailers

Cast

Chance Wayne

Paul Newman

Alexandra Del Lago

Geraldine Page

Heavenly Finley

Shirley Knight

Tom 'Boss' Finley

Ed Begley

Thomas 'Tom' J. Finley, Jr.

Rip Torn

Aunt Nonnie

Mildred Dunnock

Miss Lucy

Madeleine Sherwood

Dr. George Scudder

Philip Abbott

Scotty

Corey Allen

Charles

Roy Glenn

Spectator at political rally

Bess Flowers

Bud

Barry Cahill

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