Sweet Bird of Youth
Drama
Romance
He used love like most men use money.
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.
1962-03-21
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Cast
Director
Richard Brooks
Paul Newman as Chance Wayne
Geraldine Page as Alexandra Del Lago
Shirley Knight as Heavenly Finley
Ed Begley as Tom 'Boss' Finley
Rip Torn as Tom Finley Jr.
Mildred Dunnock as Aunt Nonnie
Madeleine Sherwood as Miss Lucy
Philip Abbott as George Scudder
Corey Allen as Scotty
Dub Taylor as Dan Hatcher
James Douglas as Leroy
Barry Atwater as Ben Jackson
Charles Arnt as Mayor Henricks
James Chandler as Brutus Haven Smith
Mike Steen as Deputy
Kelly Thordsen as Sheriff Clark
Roy Glenn as Charles (uncredited)
Bess Flowers as Spectator at Rally (uncredited)
Cosmo Sardo as Bar Patron (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre as Man at Rally (uncredited)