Baby Doll
“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.
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Cast
10 people
Karl Malden
Archie Lee Meighan
Known for
Patton
On the Waterfront
Carroll Baker
Baby Doll Meighan
Known for
The Game
How the West Was Won
Eli Wallach
Silva Vacarro
Known for
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
The Godfather Part III
Mildred Dunnock
Aunt Rose Comfort
Known for
The Trouble with Harry
The Pick-up Artist
Lonny Chapman
Rock
Known for
The Birds
Take the Money and Run
Eades Hogue
Town Marshal
No other roles listed
Noah Williamson
Deputy
R.G. Armstrong
Townsman Sid (voice) (uncredited)
Known for
Predator
Children of the Corn
Madeleine Sherwood
Nurse in Doctor's Office (uncredited)
Known for
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
The Changeling
Rip Torn
The Dentist (uncredited)
Known for
Men in Black II
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
Elia Kazan Director · Tennessee Williams Screenplay Kenyon Hopkins Composer
Worldwide gross $2.3M · United States release December 29, 1956 · Produced in United States
Box office
Worldwide gross
$2,300,000
Production
Newtown Productions
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · December 18, 1956
Premiere · New York City, New York
United States · December 29, 1956
Theatrical
Germany
February 1, 1957 · Theatrical
Netherlands
March 26, 2010 · Physical · DVD
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