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Sweet Bird of Youth / Gaztaroko txori eztia

Richard Brooks
USA
Synopsis
Handsome drifter Chance Wayne returns to his hometown after years of struggling to become a Hollywood star. Along the way he picks up the ageing actress, Alexandra Del Lago, who has been driven to drink and drugs by the conviction that her comeback movie is a flop. Chance runs into his former girlfriend Heavenly, the only daughter of a corrupt, powerful politician; but what he doesn?t know is that Heavenly fell pregnant the last time he was in town and had an abortion.
Director
Richard Brooks
Screenplay
Richard Brooks
Photography
Milton Krasner
Edition
Henry Berman
Music
Harold Gelman
Cast
Paul Newman, Geraldine Page, Shirley Knight, Ed Begley, Rip Torn
Running Time
120 m.
Country
USA
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