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| Karl Malden | ... | Archie Lee Meighan | |
| Carroll Baker | ... | Baby Doll Meighan | |
| Eli Wallach | ... | Silva Vacarro | |
| Mildred Dunnock | ... | Aunt Rose Comfort | |
| Lonny Chapman | ... | Rock | |
| Eades Hogue | ... | Town Marshal | |
| Noah Williamson | ... | Deputy | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| R.G. Armstrong | ... | Townsman Sid (voice) (uncredited) | |
| Madeleine Sherwood | ... | Nurse in Doctor's Office (uncredited) | |
| Rip Torn | ... | The Dentist (uncredited) | |
Directed by | |||
| Elia Kazan | |||
Writing credits(in alphabetical order) | ||
| Tennessee Williams | screenplay | |
Produced by | |||
| Elia Kazan | .... | producer | |
| Tennessee Williams | .... | producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Kenyon Hopkins | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Boris Kaufman | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| Gene Milford | |||
Art Direction by | |||
| Richard Sylbert | |||
Costume Design by | |||
| Anna Hill Johnstone | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Willis Hanchett | .... | hair stylist | |
| Robert Jiras | .... | makeup artist (as Robert E. Jiras) | |
Production Management | |||
| Forrest E. Johnston | .... | production manager | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Jack Garfein | .... | assistant director | |
| Charles H. Maguire | .... | assistant director | |
| Arthur Steckler | .... | assistant director: second unit (uncredited) | |
Art Department | |||
| Paul Sylbert | .... | associate art director | |
Sound Department | |||
| Edward J. Johnstone | .... | sound | |
Stunts | |||
| Lucky Kargo | .... | stunts (uncredited) | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Arthur Steckler | .... | photographer: second unit | |
Costume and Wardrobe Department | |||
| Flo Transfield | .... | wardrober (as Florence Transfield) | |
Other crew | |||
| Nicholas Demetroules | .... | presenter | |
| Jerry Gross | .... | presenter | |
| Roberta Hodes | .... | continuity | |
| Roberta Hodes | .... | script supervisor | |
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When this classic was released in 1956, it had the Catholic church all in an uproar and everybody else it seems, because it was pulled from many many theaters because of the protests. Today, this Tennessee Williams screenplay seems pretty mild, if not very mild, but it is also one of the funniest movies I've ever seen. I didn't get my first chance to see it until many years later on VHS, and when I did, I didn't think too much about it at the time, except for the amazing tour-de-force performance of Karl Malden. The story takes place in the deep south, and revolves around the 19 year old child bride Baby Doll, Carroll Baker, who agreed to marry Malden a year earlier, but the deal is he can't touch her until her twentieth birthday, which in the movie is the next day. Into the picture comes Eli Wallach as a local owner of a new syndicated cotton mill, which has the locals in an uproar especially Malden who has his own cotton gin mill. Wallach's mill gets burned down, and the chief suspect is Malden, so he makes a visit to the rundown old mansion house where Malden, Baby Doll, and their hilarious crazy Aunt Rose resides. Then Wallach starts making moves on Baby Doll and the results is some of the funniest dialogue you will ever see in a movie. The whole movie is Tennessee Williams take on the old South and he doesn't pull any punches on the stereotypes. I haven't laughed so much throughout the entire movie for a long time, it is absolutely hilarious. And Carroll Baker as Baby Doll is one of the great characters of cinema, and a role she had a long time living down, in fact she was known as Baby Doll for years and years. If you want to have an absolute ball with a movie, and laugh your ass off, then you definitely need to see "Baby Doll". It's one of the most infamous movies of all time, and gives you a chance to see what the moral standards were in 1956, which today is very laughable. It's a truly excellent movie, and I recommend it very very highly. Oh, and it was nominated for four Academy Awards, and won the Golden Globe for the excellent direction by Elia Kazan.