Baby Doll

Name: Baby Doll
Released: 1956

19561h 54m

Drama

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About

She's nineteen. She makes her husband keep away -- she won't let the stranger go.

Archie Lee Meighan is a failing cotton gin owner who is married to Baby Doll, a 19-year old childlike beauty whose father arranged the marriage for financial reasons. As Archie awaits the arrival of Baby Doll's 20th birthday, the day that they are supposed to consummate their marriage, he faces interference from business rival Silva Vacarro, who plots to seduce Baby Doll away from Meighan.

Director: Elia Kazan
Writer: Tennessee Williams
Music: Kenyon Hopkins
Cinematography: Boris Kaufman

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Cast

Karl MaldenArchie Lee Meighan
Carroll BakerBaby Doll Meighan
Eli WallachSilva Vacarro
Mildred DunnockAunt Rose Comfort
Lonny ChapmanRock
Eades HogueTown Marshal
Noah WilliamsonDeputy
R.G. ArmstrongTownsman Sid (voice) (uncredited)
Madeleine SherwoodNurse in Doctor's Office (uncredited)
Rip TornThe Dentist (uncredited)

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