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Sweet Bird of Youth

Cast

Paul Newman, Geraldine Page, Shirley Knight, Ed Begley View All

Crew

Richard Brooks (Screenplay), Richard Brooks (Director), Tennessee Williams (Writer) View All

Release: Mar. 21st, 1962

Runtime: 2 hours

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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Gideon58
Four years after they triumphed with the screen version of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Tennessee Williams, Richard Brooks, and Paul Newman reunited to bring another Williams stage sizzler, Sweet Bird of Youth to the screen.

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