Baby Doll
She's nineteen. She makes her husband keep away -- she won't let the stranger go.
7.0(142) 1956-12-29 114 minDrama
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.
ScreenplayTennessee Williams
DirectorElia Kazan
ProducerElia Kazan
Original Music ComposerKenyon Hopkins
Cast & characters
Karl Malden
as Archie Lee Meighan
Carroll Baker
as Baby Doll Meighan
Eli Wallach
as Silva Vacarro
Mildred Dunnock
as Aunt Rose Comfort
Lonny Chapman
as Rock
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Eades Hogue
as Town Marshal
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Noah Williamson
as Deputy
R.G. Armstrong
as Townsman Sid (voice) (uncredited)
Madeleine Sherwood
as Nurse in Doctor's Office (uncredited)
Rip Torn
as The Dentist (uncredited)
