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Baby Doll

  • 19561956
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 1h 54m
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
7.6K
YOUR RATING
Carroll Baker in Baby Doll (1956)
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  • Comedy
  • Drama
An immature child bride holds her anxious husband at bay while flirting with an amorous Sicilian farmer.An immature child bride holds her anxious husband at bay while flirting with an amorous Sicilian farmer.An immature child bride holds her anxious husband at bay while flirting with an amorous Sicilian farmer.
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
7.6K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Elia Kazan
  • Writer
    • Tennessee Williams(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Karl Malden
    • Carroll Baker
    • Eli Wallach
Top credits
  • Director
    • Elia Kazan
  • Writer
    • Tennessee Williams(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Karl Malden
    • Carroll Baker
    • Eli Wallach
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 79User reviews
    • 43Critic reviews
    • 83Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 4 Oscars
      • 3 wins & 13 nominations total

    Videos1

    Baby Doll
    Trailer 3:00
    Baby Doll

    Photos46

    Carroll Baker and Eli Wallach in Baby Doll (1956)
    Karl Malden, Carroll Baker, and Eli Wallach in Baby Doll (1956)
    Carroll Baker in Baby Doll (1956)
    Carroll Baker in Baby Doll (1956)
    Carroll Baker in Baby Doll (1956)
    Carroll Baker in Baby Doll (1956)
    Carroll Baker in Baby Doll (1956)
    Carroll Baker in Baby Doll (1956)
    Carroll Baker in Baby Doll (1956)
    Carroll Baker in Baby Doll (1956)
    Carroll Baker in Baby Doll (1956)
    Carroll Baker and Eli Wallach in Baby Doll (1956)

    Top cast

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    Karl Malden
    Karl Malden
    • Archie Lee Meighanas Archie Lee Meighan
    Carroll Baker
    Carroll Baker
    • Baby Doll Meighanas Baby Doll Meighan
    Eli Wallach
    Eli Wallach
    • Silva Vacarroas Silva Vacarro
    Mildred Dunnock
    Mildred Dunnock
    • Aunt Rose Comfortas Aunt Rose Comfort
    Lonny Chapman
    Lonny Chapman
    • Rockas Rock
    Eades Hogue
    • Town Marshalas Town Marshal
    Noah Williamson
    • Deputyas Deputy
    R.G. Armstrong
    R.G. Armstrong
    • Townsman Sidas Townsman Sid
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    Madeleine Sherwood
    Madeleine Sherwood
    • Nurse in Doctor's Officeas Nurse in Doctor's Office
    • (uncredited)
    Rip Torn
    Rip Torn
    • The Dentistas The Dentist
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Elia Kazan
    • Writer
      • Tennessee Williams(screenplay) (based upon his one act play, "Twenty Seven Wagons Full of Cotton")
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Feature film debut of Eli Wallach.
    • Goofs
      After 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.
    • Quotes

      Baby Doll: Sometimes, big shot, you don't seem to give me credit for very much intelligence at all. I've been to school in my life - and I'm a magazine reader!

    • Connections
      Featured in Elia Kazan: An Outsider (1982)
    • Soundtracks
      Shame, Shame, Shame
      (uncredited)

      Written by Kenyon Hopkins and Ruby Fisher

      Sung by Smiley Lewis

    User reviews79

    Review
    Top review
    10/10
    Eli Wallach shines
    I've seen quite a few films in my life, but none such as this. Elia Kazan's quirky, off-the-wall romp about revenge and justice in 1950's Mississippi is truly remarkable. The first time I saw this movie I didn't know how to take it; I turned on my TV one day right at the scene where Eli Wallach and Carroll Baker are upstairs playing hide and seek... It seemed disturbing, but something about it held my interest.

    A second viewing of this film was powerful. Karl Malden is right on the money as the loud-mouthed, frustrated, alcoholic husband; Carroll Baker, brilliant (and stunning) as Baby Doll; but I have to say, Eli Wallach SHINES as Silva Vacarro. He is so smooth, calculated, and mesmerizing as the one who "does his own justice". Hard to believe he didn't win an Oscar for his performance.

    It is worth noting Kazan's use of the extras in this film (most of whom are African-American). Often you'll see a man or two in the background or off to the side, observing the story as it unfolds; they are the silent and wise observers to the craziness around them. Like the scene where Karl Malden is yelling "Babeee Dolllll!!!!" from his car, and the men just sit there and watch him--you wonder what they're thinking.

    A superb film! The dining room scene at the end is choice.
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    • Regi214
    • Jan 4, 2004

    Details

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    • Release date
      • December 29, 1956 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • HBOMAX (United States)
      • Official site
    • Languages
      • English
      • Italian
    • Also known as
      • Mississippi Woman
    • Filming locations
      • Benoit, Mississippi, USA
    • Production company
      • Newtown Productions
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $2,300,000
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 54 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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