---
title: 'Baby Doll (1956)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Elia Kazan'
released: '1956-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 114
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/baby-doll-1956'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048973/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Baby Doll (1956)

1956 · 114 min · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

Baby Doll is a 1956 American black comedy film directed by Elia Kazan and starring Carroll Baker, Karl Malden and Eli Wallach. It was produced by Kazan and Tennessee Williams, and adapted by Williams from two of his own one-act plays: 27 Wagons Full of Cotton and The Unsatisfactory Supper. The plot focuses on a feud between two rival cotton gin owners in rural Mississippi.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Elia Kazan](https://cinepixo.com/people/elia-kazan)
- **Screenplay:** [Tennessee Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/tennessee-williams)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Kenyon Hopkins](https://cinepixo.com/people/kenyon-hopkins)
- **Producer:** [Elia Kazan](https://cinepixo.com/people/elia-kazan)
- **Director of Photography:** [Boris Kaufman](https://cinepixo.com/people/boris-kaufman)
- **Editor:** [Gene Milford](https://cinepixo.com/people/gene-milford)

## Cast

- [Mildred Dunnock](https://cinepixo.com/people/mildred-dunnock)
- [Madeleine Sherwood](https://cinepixo.com/people/madeleine-sherwood)
- [Karl Malden](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-malden)
- [Lonny Chapman](https://cinepixo.com/people/lonny-chapman)
- [Eli Wallach](https://cinepixo.com/people/eli-wallach)
- [Carroll Baker](https://cinepixo.com/people/carroll-baker)
- [Rip Torn](https://cinepixo.com/people/rip-torn)

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