Sweet Bird of Youth

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Paul Newman

Chance Wayne

Age : 83 | Popularity : 28%

Geraldine Page

Alexandra Del Lago

Age : 62 | Popularity : 7%

Shirley Knight

Heavenly Finley

Age : 83 | Popularity : 16%

Ed Begley

Tom 'Boss' Finley

Age : 69 | Popularity : 13%

Rip Torn

Thomas 'Tom' J. Finley, Jr.

Age : 88 | Popularity : 27%

Mildred Dunnock

Aunt Nonnie

Age : 90 | Popularity : 3%

Madeleine Sherwood

Miss Lucy

Age : 101 | Popularity : 3%

Philip Abbott

Dr. George Scudder

Age : 74 | Popularity : 6%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Screenplay	Richard Brooks
	Theatre Play	Tennessee Williams
	Writer	Tennessee Williams
Directing	Director	Richard Brooks
	Assistant Director	Hank Moonjean
Crew	Special Effects	Lee LeBlanc
	Stunts	Charles Bail
Art	Set Decoration	Henry Grace Hugh Hunt
	Art Direction	George W. Davis Urie McCleary
Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	Orry-Kelly
	Hairstylist	Sydney Guilaroff
	Makeup Artist	William Tuttle John Truwe
	Other	Joan Joseff
Camera	Director of Photography	Milton Krasner
Sound	Recording Supervision	Franklin Milton
Production	Producer	Pandro S. Berman
	Associate Producer	Kathryn Hereford
Editing	Color Assistant	Charles K. Hagedon
	Editor	Henry Berman
Department	Role	Name

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