Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)
"He used love like most men use money."

Title: Sweet Bird of Youth
Original Title: Sweet Bird of Youth
Release Date: 1962-03-21
Status: Released
Rating: 6.8/10 (from 117 votes)
Language: EN
Genres: Drama, Romance
Production Companies: Roxbury Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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.
Cast

Paul Newman
Chance Wayne

Geraldine Page
Alexandra Del Lago

Shirley Knight
Heavenly Finley

Ed Begley
Tom 'Boss' Finley

Rip Torn
Thomas 'Tom' J. Finley, Jr.

Mildred Dunnock
Aunt Nonnie

Madeleine Sherwood
Miss Lucy

Philip Abbott
Dr. George Scudder

Corey Allen
Scotty

Roy Glenn
Charles