Sweet Bird of Youth(1962)

movie - first aired/released 1962-03-21 - 120 min - audience 6.7

Drama, Romance

Directed by Richard Brooks

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.