Sweet Bird of Youth
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.
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Sweet Bird of Youth
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- Crew
- Recommendations
Status
Released
Release Date
Mar 21, 1962
Runtime
2h 0m
Genres
Drama, Romance
User Score
68%
Original Title
Sweet Bird of Youth
Production Companies
Roxbury Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Director
Richard Brooks
Description
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.