IMDb RATING
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)
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The crumbling ruins of a deep south plantation, circa 1956. Karl Malden running through empty rooms, yelling "BayBee DOLLLLL!" The dementia-ridden elderly aunt forgetting to turn on the stove before cooking the greens. The old guys lounging around the yard, laughing and watching Malden's frenzied activities like it's must-see TV. Kooky gorgeous Baby Doll sucking her thumb, sleeping in her crib. And Eli Wallach: ah, what a specimen. He's intense, he's irresistible. He's relentlessly "handsy" like a high school boy on a date; he never, ever, for a moment, lets up. It's impossible to take your eyes off of him.
This movie is perplexing and wonderful, it really is more of a place and an atmosphere than a story. Twisted, and in a good way. The characters are as wild and inexplicable as any you've seen in a David Lynch movie. Your jaw will drop, you'll laugh out loud, and the whole weird place just gets better each time you watch it.
This movie is perplexing and wonderful, it really is more of a place and an atmosphere than a story. Twisted, and in a good way. The characters are as wild and inexplicable as any you've seen in a David Lynch movie. Your jaw will drop, you'll laugh out loud, and the whole weird place just gets better each time you watch it.
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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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