Sweet Bird of Youth
He used love like most men use money.
Gigolo and drifter Chance Wayne returns to his home town as the companion of a faded movie star, Alexandra Del Lago, whom he hopes to use to help him break into the movies. Chance runs into trouble when he finds his ex-girlfriend, the daughter of the local politician Tom "Boss" Finley, who more or less forced him to leave his daughter and the town many years ago.
- Year: 1962
- Country: United States of America
- Genre: Drama, Romance
- Studio: Roxbury Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Keyword: florida, gigolo, based on play or musical, womanizer, drifter, corrupt politician, movie star, fading star
- Director: Richard Brooks
- Cast: Paul Newman, Geraldine Page, Shirley Knight, Ed Begley, Rip Torn, Mildred Dunnock