Forrest Gump
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Film / 1962
La dolce ala della giovinezza
Directed by
Richard Brooks
Gigolo and drifter Chance Wayne returns to his hometown 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.
The story
Gigolo and drifter Chance Wayne returns to his hometown 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.
Cast
Paul NewmanChance Wayne
Geraldine PageAlexandra Del Lago
Shirley KnightHeavenly Finley
Ed BegleyTom 'Boss' Finley
Rip TornTom Finley Jr.
Mildred DunnockAunt Nonnie
Madeleine SherwoodMiss Lucy
Philip AbbottGeorge Scudder
Corey AllenScotty
Barry CahillBud
Dub TaylorDan Hatcher
James DouglasLeroy
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Barry AtwaterBen Jackson
Charles ArntMayor Henricks
Dorothy KonradMaribelle Norris
James ChandlerBrutus Haven Smith
Mike SteenDeputy
Kelly ThordsenSheriff Clark
Roy GlennCharles (uncredited)
Bess FlowersSpectator at Rally (uncredited)
Cosmo SardoBar Patron (uncredited)
Jeffrey SayreMan at Rally (uncredited)
Bert StevensFilm Crew Member (uncredited)
Rudy GermaneMan at Rally (uncredited)
Herschel GrahamBar Patron (uncredited)
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