All the Fine Young Cannibals

All The Fine Young Cannibals
Original movie poster
Directed by	Michael Anderson
Written by	Rosamond Marshall (novel) Robert Thom (screenplay)
Starring	Robert Wagner Natalie Wood Susan Kohner
Music by	Jeff Alexander
Cinematography	William H. Daniels
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date(s)	September 15, 1960 (1960-09-15)
Running time	112 min.
Country	USA
Language	English

All The Fine Young Cannibals is a 1960 film directed by Michael Anderson, based on the novel by Rosamond Marshall starring Robert Wagner, Natalie Wood, Susan Kohner, George Hamilton, and Pearl Bailey.

The story concerns the lives of Chad Bixby (Wagner) and Sarah 'Salome' Davis (Wood) - how they are forced apart by bad circumstances and brought together by chance. The film examines the experience of starting off "dirt poor" and ending up "idle rich", in a melodramatic style; but concludes that after the changes in lifestyle the personalities remain the same. The story is loosely based on the life of Chet Baker. The film was the first Wagner and Wood made as husband and wife.

The film was the inspiration for the name of the 1980s musical group Fine Young Cannibals.

Cast

• Robert Wagner as Chad Bixby
• Natalie Wood as Sarah 'Salome' Davis
• Susan Kohner as Catherine McDowall
• George Hamilton as Tony McDowall
• Pearl Bailey as Ruby
• Jack Mullaney as Putney Tinker
• Onslow Stevens as Joshua Davis
• Anne Seymour as Mrs. Bixby
• Virginia Gregg as Ada Davis
• Mabel Albertson as Mrs. McDowall
• Louise Beavers as Rose

External links

• All the Fine Young Cannibals at the Internet Movie Database
• All the Fine Young Cannibals at AllRovi