Monday, October 24, 2011

Baby Doll (1956)





Starring Carroll Baker, Eli Wallach, Karl Malden, Mildred Dunnock, Rip Torn, Lonny Chapman, and Madeleine Sherwood. Diredted by Elia Kazan. The doltish, bigoted owner of a Southern cotton gin is married to a luscious teenager who steadfastly refuses to sleep with her husband until she reaches the age of 18. A crafty Sicilian covets both the man's wife and business. The husband jealously sets fire to the Sicilian's business, compelling him to try to claim Baby Doll as compensation.

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