An explosive, provocative black comedy from Tennessee Williams and Elia Kazan. Williams reworked his one-act play,
27 Wagonloads of Cotton, into a highly controversial screenplay that
Time magazine called "possibly the dirtiest American picture ever legally exhibited."
Although BABY DOLL feels tame today, the cinematography and appropriately sleazy setting still have a sizzling effect, especially in a notorious porch-swing tryst between stars Carroll Baker and Eli Wallach. All the performances are masterful, amusing and archtypal in the Williams manner: Karl
Malden's yokel, Baker's hothouse virgin, Mildred Dunnock's vague octogenarian (especially ...
Released:
1956
Rated:
NR
Length:
114 mins