

Sweet Bird of Youth
1989 · Movie · 1h 35m · NR
DramaMade-for-TV
"A Passionate Romance"
Overview
Tennessee William’s masterful melodrama about an aging movie star who, appalled by her own image on the screen, flees from her movie premiere and goes into seclusion, becoming entangled with a much younger hotel masseur and resident gigolo.
Ratings
IMDb
5.4/10
Key crew
- Nicolas RoegDirector
- Tennessee WilliamsWriter
- Ralph BurnsOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Elizabeth TaylorAlexandra Del Lago
- Mark HarmonChance Wayne
- Valerie PerrineMiss Lucy
- Seymour CasselHatcher
- Rip TornBoss Finley
- Kevin GeerTom Junior
- Ronnie Claire EdwardsAunt Nonnie
- Cheryl ParisHeavenly Finley
- Megan BlakeViolet
- Martha MillikenVirginia
- Charles LuciaDr. George Scudder
- Teddy WilsonFly
Stills
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Themes
based on play or musicalalcoholicolder woman younger man relationshipprodigal sonfading star











