Sweet Bird of Youth
- Released on
Drama, Romance
•- Runtime
- 120 mins
(115 votes)
Gigolo and drifter Chance Wayne returns to his home town 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.
Gigolo and drifter Chance Wayne returns to his home town 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.
Cast
- Paul Newman
- Geraldine Page
- Shirley Knight
- Ed Begley
- Rip Torn
- Mildred Dunnock
- Madeleine Sherwood
- Philip Abbott
- Corey Allen
- Roy Glenn
- Bess Flowers
- Barry Cahill
- Dub Taylor
- James Douglas
- Barry Atwater
- Charles Arnt
- Dorothy Konrad
- James Chandler
- Mike Steen
- Kelly Thordsen
- Cosmo Sardo
- Jeffrey Sayre
- Bert Stevens
- Rudy Germane
- Herschel Graham
Director
- Richard Brooks
Producers
- Pandro S. Berman
Screenwriter
- Richard Brooks
