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Sweet Bird of Youth
Sweet Bird of Youth

Sweet Bird of Youth

1962 120 min ★ 6.8 Drama, Romance

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

Paul Newman

Chance Wayne

Geraldine Page

Geraldine Page

Alexandra Del Lago

Shirley Knight

Shirley Knight

Heavenly Finley

Ed Begley

Ed Begley

Tom 'Boss' Finley

Rip Torn

Rip Torn

Tom Finley Jr.

Mildred Dunnock

Mildred Dunnock

Aunt Nonnie

Madeleine Sherwood

Madeleine Sherwood

Miss Lucy

Philip Abbott

Philip Abbott

George Scudder

Corey Allen

Corey Allen

Scotty

Barry Cahill

Bud

Details

Director

Richard Brooks

Screenplay

Richard Brooks

Tagline

"He used love like most men use money."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Production

Roxbury Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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