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Sweet Bird of Youth

He used love like most men use money.

1962★ 6.7 · 1382h 0mDramaRomance

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.

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Cast

Paul Newman
as Chance Wayne

Rip Torn
as Tom Finley Jr.

Dub Taylor
as Dan Hatcher

Geraldine Page
as Alexandra Del Lago

Shirley Knight
as Heavenly Finley

Bess Flowers
as Spectator at Rally (uncredited)

Cosmo Sardo
as Bar Patron (uncredited)

Philip Abbott
as George Scudder

Ed Begley
as Tom 'Boss' Finley

Mildred Dunnock
as Aunt Nonnie

Roy Glenn
as Charles (uncredited)

Charles Arnt
as Mayor Henricks

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Release date: 1962-03-21

Runtime: 2h 0m

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DramaRomance

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