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Overview
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Writers:
Tennessee Williams (play)
Richard Brooks (screenplay)
Release Date:
21 March 1962 (USA) more
Tagline:
Provocative Adult Entertainment more
Plot:
Drifter Chance Wayne returns to his hometown after many years of trying to make it in the movies. With... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 2 wins & 6 nominations more
NewsDesk:
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User Comments:
Page is fantastic! more (28 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | 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 |
| Barry Cahill | ... | Bud |
| Dub Taylor | ... | Dan Hatcher |
| James B. Douglas | ... | Leroy (as James Douglas) |
| Barry Atwater | ... | Ben Jackson |
| Charles Arnt | ... | Mayor Henricks |
| Dorothy Konrad | ... | Mrs. Maribelle Norris |
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Runtime:
120 min | Australia:106 min
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Color (Metrocolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
UK:15 (re-rating) (1996) | UK:X (original rating) | Australia:M | Finland:K-18 | Sweden:15
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Had its premier at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood. The theater has been restored today and shows historic and retro films. more
Goofs:
Continuity: In the scene where Chance comes from the bathroom with a white towel over his shoulder, at one point, he drops the towel, but an instant later, the towel is back on his shoulder. more
Quotes:
Chance Wayne: Princess, just smoke. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Unknown White Male (2005) more
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Ebb Tide more
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If you have seen a picture of Geraldine Page, then you know she was a plain looking woman. Yet in this film, through great acting, she manages to convince the audience that she is a glamour movie queen, and pulls it off! After seeing this film, quickly followed by The Trip To Bountiful, I now know why Meryl Streep herself once said, that "Geraldine Page set the standard by which all actresses try to compete with."