Lolita (1962)

06/13/1962 (GB) • 2h 34m

Drama, Comedy, Romance

How did they ever make a movie of Lolita?

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

James Mason

Prof. Humbert Humbert

Shelley Winters

Charlotte Haze

Sue Lyon

Dolores "Lolita" Haze

Gary Cockrell

Richard T. "Dick" Siller

Jerry Stovin

John Farlow

Diana Decker

Jean Farlow

Lois Maxwell

Nurse Mary Lore

Cec Linder

Physician

Bill Greene

George Swine


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$2,000,000.00

Revenue

$9,250,000.00

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

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