In Tiger Tail County, Mississippi, the decadent middle aged Archie Lee Meighan (Karl Malden) has been married with the spoiled and stupid Baby Doll Meighan (Carroll Baker) for two years and has not consummated his marriage yet. Archie has promised to his father-in-law in the death bed to wait until Baby Doll is twenty years old to have sex with her and they live in a dilapidated mansion with Baby Doll's aunt. When the Sicilian Silva Vacarro (Eli Wallach) brings a new cotton-spinning machine to the county, Archie loses his business and is completely broken.
On the eve of Baby Doll's twentieth birthday, Archie Lee burns down Vacarro's machine. The Sicilian suspects that Archie is the responsible for the criminal fire and he heads to Archie's property to use his old machine. While Archie is buying a cylinder to replace a damaged one in the machine, Vacarro seduces the despicable Baby Doll and forces her to sign a confession that Archie has burnt his equipment. When Archie returns home, he gets crazy with the situation.
"Baby Doll" is an unpleasant and boring film and absolutely overrated in IMDb and mislead by the storyline telling that it is a "steamy tale" of two Southern rivals and a sensuous 19-year-old virgin. Actually it is a pointless soap-opera. When this film was released, the National Legion of Decency wanted to have the film banned. Once again the censorship promotes an average film to the status of cult. My vote is four.
Title (Brazil): "Boneca de Carne" ("Flesh Doll")
On the eve of Baby Doll's twentieth birthday, Archie Lee burns down Vacarro's machine. The Sicilian suspects that Archie is the responsible for the criminal fire and he heads to Archie's property to use his old machine. While Archie is buying a cylinder to replace a damaged one in the machine, Vacarro seduces the despicable Baby Doll and forces her to sign a confession that Archie has burnt his equipment. When Archie returns home, he gets crazy with the situation.
"Baby Doll" is an unpleasant and boring film and absolutely overrated in IMDb and mislead by the storyline telling that it is a "steamy tale" of two Southern rivals and a sensuous 19-year-old virgin. Actually it is a pointless soap-opera. When this film was released, the National Legion of Decency wanted to have the film banned. Once again the censorship promotes an average film to the status of cult. My vote is four.
Title (Brazil): "Boneca de Carne" ("Flesh Doll")