Movie · Drama · Comedy

Based on a play by Tennessee Williams, "Baby Doll" centers on Archie Lee Meighan (Karl Malden), a failing cotton gin owner who is married to Baby Doll (Carroll Baker), a 19-year-old childlike beauty whose father arranged the marriage for financial reasons. As Archie awaits the arrival of Baby Doll's 20th birthday, the day that they are supposed to consummate their marriage, he faces interference from business rival Silva Vacarro (Eli Wallach), who plots to seduce Baby Doll away from Meighan.

1956 · 1h 54m
Director Elia Kazan

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Baby Doll

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Based on a play by Tennessee Williams, "Baby Doll" centers on Archie Lee Meighan (Karl Malden), a failing cotton gin owner who is married to Baby Doll (Carroll Baker), a 19-year-old childlike beauty whose father arranged the marriage for financial reasons. As Archie awaits the arrival of Baby Doll's 20th birthday, the day that they are supposed to consummate their marriage, he faces interference from business rival Silva Vacarro (Eli Wallach), who plots to seduce Baby Doll away from Meighan.

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Average 8.4
Reviews 23
Fresh 19
Rotten 4

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Studio
Warner Bros.
Released
1956
Run Time
1 hr 54 min
Rated
Unrated
Region of Origin
United States
© 1956 A Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved

Languages

Original Audio
English
Audio

English (United States) (AAC)

Subtitles

English (CC), Danish , Finnish , French (France) , Norwegian , Swedish

Accessibility

Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.