
Sweet Bird of Youth
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.
Release Date: 1962-03-21
Drama
Romance
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Casts

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 Thomas 'Tom' J. Finley, Jr.

Mildred Dunnock
as Aunt Nonnie

Madeleine Sherwood
as Miss Lucy

Philip Abbott
as Dr. George Scudder

Corey Allen
as Scotty

Roy Glenn
as Charles