- HD 1080
- Runtime: 114m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Director: Elia Kazan
- Stars: Karl Malden, Carroll Baker, Eli Wallach, Mildred Dunnock, Lonny Chapman
- keywords: italian american, marriage, sicilian, cotton gin, cotton, business rivalry, seducer, childlike woman, homme fatale
- Production_studio: Newtown Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures
- Slogan: She's nineteen. She makes her husband keep away -- she won't let the stranger go.
- The Baby Doll is featured in the top rankings of 1956
- #36 in Top Drama Movies of 1956
Archie Lee Meighan is a failing cotton gin owner who is married to Baby Doll, 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, who plots to seduce Baby Doll away from Meighan.
