March 21, 1962
120 minutes
DramaRomance
Sweet Bird of Youth
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.
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Cast
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))
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