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7.3/10
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An immature, naive teenage bride holds her anxious husband at bay while flirting with an amorous Sicilian farmer.An immature, naive teenage bride holds her anxious husband at bay while flirting with an amorous Sicilian farmer.An immature, naive teenage bride holds her anxious husband at bay while flirting with an amorous Sicilian farmer.
- Nominated for 4 Oscars
- 3 wins & 13 nominations total
R.G. Armstrong
- Townsman Sid
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Madeleine Sherwood
- Nurse in Doctor's Office
- (uncredited)
Rip Torn
- The Dentist
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaIn retrospect, Eli Wallach called the film "one of the most exciting, daring movies ever made." But he added, "People see it today and say, 'What the hell was all the fuss about?'"
- GoofsAfter Silva bursts through the door in the attic, Baby Doll is shown running from him with her blanket wrapped around her. The instant before she falls on to the attic beam, she removes the blanket, and holds it in her left hand. In the very next shot, after she has fallen, the blanket is wrapped around her body once again.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Elia Kazan: An Outsider (1982)
Featured review
Warner Brothers initially took a huge gamble with this 1956 release. Some elements of its storyline were considered way too suggestive for films at the time (there was still no rating system yet) but the studio went ahead and released it anyway. What resulted was a huge box office hit and a star maker for Carroll Baker who has the title role of the child bride of a sometimes dense cotton gin operator (Karl Malden). Malden is a rival to another cotton gin operator (Eli Wallach) and his torching of Wallach's cotton gin inspires Wallach to get back at Malden by having a steamy love affair with Baker. Rip Torn made his film debut here with a small part. Film reunites director Elia Kazan and screenwriter/playwright Tennessee Williams who had previously collaborated on the box office smash "A Streetcar Named Desire." This film is also an interesting early example of what may have eventually inspired Hollywood's film rating system.
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Box office
- Gross worldwide
- $51
- Runtime1 hour 54 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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