1962
6.8 (118 votes)
2h 0m
Genres
Drama
Romance
Production Companies
Roxbury Productions
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Sweet Bird of Youth
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.
Key Crew
Director: Richard Brooks
Screenplay: Richard Brooks
Director of Photography: Milton Krasner
Producer: Pandro S. Berman
Writer: Tennessee Williams
Top 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
Videos
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