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Lolita( 1962)

TV-MADramaComedyRomance
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Overview

Humbert Humbert is a middle-aged British novelist who is both appalled by and attracted to the vulgarity of American culture. When he comes to stay at the boarding house run by Charlotte Haze, he soon becomes obsessed with Lolita, the woman's teenaged daughter.

    Top Billed Cast

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      James Mason

      Prof. Humbert Humbert

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      Shelley Winters

      Charlotte Haze

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      Sue Lyon

      Dolores "Lolita" Haze

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      Gary Cockrell

      Richard T. "Dick" Siller

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      Jerry Stovin

      John Farlow

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      Diana Decker

      Jean Farlow

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      Lois Maxwell

      Nurse Mary Lore

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      Cec Linder

      Physician

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      Bill Greene

      George Swine

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      Shirley Douglas

      Mrs. Starch

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      Marianne Stone

      Vivian Darkbloom

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      Marion Mathie

      Miss Lebone

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      James Dyrenforth

      Frederick Beale Sr.

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      Maxine Holden

      Miss Fromkiss

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      John Harrison

      Tom

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      Colin Maitland

      Charlie Sedgewick

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      Terry Kilburn

      Man

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      C. Denier Warren

      Potts

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      Roland Brand

      Bill Crest

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      Peter Sellers

      Clare Quilty

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    A review by Wuchak

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    Written by Wuchak on Mon Feb 19 2024
    **_An attractive 14 years-old girl knows the power over males she has… and wields it_** A middle-aged professor of French literature (James Mason) spends the summer in New Hampshire where he becomes infatuated by a 14 years-old girl (Sue Lyon), the daughter of the woman who rents him a room (Shelley Winters). Nothing good will come from this attraction if he cannot keep it in check. Helmed by Stanley Kubrick based on the book by Vladimir Nabokov, "Lolita" (1962) is a B&W black comedy and psychological drama that was controversial in its day (and still is) so the physical intimacy of the...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    2000000.00

    Revenue

    9250000.00

    Keywords

    • hotel
    • depression
    • lolita
    • small town
    • secret love
    • based on novel or book
    • sexual obsession
    • summer camp
    • midlife crisis
    • loss of loved one
    • literature professor
    • widow
    • flirt
    • eroticism
    • youngster
    • motel
    • diary
    • seduction
    • provocation
    • fascination
    • one-sided love
    • forbidden love
    • adoptive father
    • older man younger woman relationship
    • sex with a minor