---
title: 'Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Richard Brooks'
released: '1962-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 120
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/sweet-bird-of-youth-1962'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056541/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)

1962 · 120 min · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

Sweet Bird of Youth is a 1962 American drama film starring Paul Newman and Geraldine Page, with Shirley Knight, Madeleine Sherwood, Ed Begley, Rip Torn and Mildred Dunnock in support. Based on the 1959 play of the same name by Tennessee Williams, the film was adapted and directed by Richard Brooks.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Richard Brooks](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-brooks)
- **Screenplay:** [Richard Brooks](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-brooks)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Bronisław Kaper](https://cinepixo.com/people/bronis-aw-kaper)
- **Producer:** [Pandro S. Berman](https://cinepixo.com/people/pandro-s-berman)
- **Director of Photography:** [Milton Krasner](https://cinepixo.com/people/milton-krasner)
- **Editor:** [Henry Berman](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-berman)

## Cast

- [Madeleine Sherwood](https://cinepixo.com/people/madeleine-sherwood)
- [Corey Allen](https://cinepixo.com/people/corey-allen)
- [Ed Begley](https://cinepixo.com/people/ed-begley)
- [Paul Newman](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-newman)
- [Edith Atwater](https://cinepixo.com/people/edith-atwater)
- [Roy Glenn](https://cinepixo.com/people/roy-glenn)
- [Mildred Dunnock](https://cinepixo.com/people/mildred-dunnock)
- [Rip Torn](https://cinepixo.com/people/rip-torn)
- [Shirley Knight](https://cinepixo.com/people/shirley-knight)
- [Philip Abbott](https://cinepixo.com/people/philip-abbott)
- [Geraldine Page](https://cinepixo.com/people/geraldine-page)

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