Baby Doll (1956)

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Country: USA
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Release: 1956-12-29
Director: Elia Kazan (1909–2003)
Writers: Tennessee Williams
Language: English | Italian
Stars: Karl Malden (1912–2009) , Carroll Baker , Eli Wallach , Mildred Dunnock , Lonny Chapman , Eades Hogue , Noah Williamson , R.G. Armstrong , R.G. Armstrong , Madeleine Sherwood , Rip Torn
Runtime: 114 min
Awards: Nominated for 4 Oscars. 3 wins & 13 nominations total
AKA: Baby Doll (India) , Boneca de Carne (Brazil) , Babuci (Hungary) , La Poupée de chair (France, French Republic) , Papusica (Romania) , Κουκλίτσα (Greece) , Taş bebeğim (Turkey) , Бейби Дол (Bulgaria) , Baby Doll (United Kingdom) , Baby Doll (Canada) , Baby Doll (Denmark) , Baby Doll, la poupée de chair (Belgium) , Baby Doll - La bambola viva (Italy) , Baby Doll (France, French Republic) , Куколка , Nukkevaimo (Finland) , A Voz do Desejo (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , ベビイドール (Japan) , Baby Doll (Sweden) , Baby Doll (Argentina) , Η φωνή του πόθου (Greece) , Baby Doll , Bebi doru (Japan) , Baby Doll (Iran) , Baby Doll (United States of America) , I foni tou pothou (Greece) , Mississippi Woman (United States of America) , Baby Doll (Romania) , La bambola di carne (Italy) , Baby Doll (Canada) , Twenty-Seven Wagon Loads of Cotton (United States of America) , Laleczka (Poland) , Baby Doll (Spain) , Baby Doll - Begehre nicht des anderen Weib , Baby Doll - Begehre nicht des anderen Weib (Germany)
Plot: Living in Tiger Tail County, Mississippi, middle-aged Archie Lee Meighan and 19-year-old "Baby Doll" Meighan née McCargo have been married for close to two years. Their marriage is not based on love, but on each getting what they want from the other. Their marriage agreement has them consummating their marriage on her 20th birthday, which is in three days, and she's not looking forward to it. But she does taunt him and other men with her overt "baby doll" sexuality, fostering the baby-doll aspect by sleeping in a crib in their house's nursery. Baby Doll's now-deceased father allowed the marriage on the stipulation that Archie Lee provide Baby Doll financial security as displayed by the most resplendent house in the south. They currently live in a dilapidated mansion with her Aunt Rose Comfort, and although Archie Lee is making some renovations on it, he no longer has the financial means to make it what Baby Doll wants as his cotton-ginning competitor, the recently-arrived Sicilian Silva Vacarro who runs the cotton plantation syndicate, has effectively put him and many others in the area out of business. The Meighans' fortunes could change after Vacarro's cotton gin burns down in a case of arson. Vacarro is certain Archie Lee is the arsonist. After meeting the Meighans and learning more about their marriage, Vacarro believes the way to get what he wants is through Baby Doll. This action begins the three-way battle of wills among Vacarro, Archie Lee, and Baby Doll.
IMDB:tt0048973