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Baby Doll (1956)

★ 7.0/10 114 min Drama United States English
Director: Elia Kazan
Screenplay by: Tennessee Williams
Theatre Play: Tennessee Williams
Streaming: Not available
She's nineteen. She makes her husband keep away -- she won't let the stranger go.

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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.

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Karl Malden
Karl Malden Archie Lee Meighan
Carroll Baker
Carroll Baker Baby Doll Meighan
Eli Wallach
Eli Wallach Silva Vacarro
Mildred Dunnock
Mildred Dunnock Aunt Rose Comfort
Lonny Chapman
Lonny Chapman Rock
Eades Hogue Town Marshal
Noah Williamson Deputy
R.G. Armstrong
R.G. Armstrong Townsman Sid (voice) (uncredited)

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