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Youngblood Hawke

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Sick of his job driving a truck in Kentucky, the ambitious Youngblood Hawke ventures to New York City to make it as a novelist. There he meets Jeanne Green, an editor who falls in love with him as she helps launch his career. His first novel gets a moderate reception, but his second becomes a sensation. Hawke navigates his way through New York's vicious literary circles and ignores Jeanne for more fashionable company, which sets him on the path to tragedy.
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Joan Didion Vogue 03/16/2020
In the book, the venality of Wouk's fantasies merely depresses; in the movie, those same fantasies assume a certain manic charm. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Steve D @RT35616104 07/24/2023 Not enough there for this runtime. See more 05/08/2021 A big soapy melodrama about a writer from the south making his way through New York's literary society. See more Read all reviews
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Delmer Daves

Director

James Franciscus

Youngblood Hawke

Suzanne Pleshette

Jeanne Green

Geneviève Page

Frieda Winter

Eva Gabor

Fannie Prince

Mary Astor

Irene Perry
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Synopsis Sick of his job driving a truck in Kentucky, the ambitious Youngblood Hawke ventures to New York City to make it as a novelist. There he meets Jeanne Green, an editor who falls in love with him as she helps launch his career. His first novel gets a moderate reception, but his second becomes a sensation. Hawke navigates his way through New York's vicious literary circles and ignores Jeanne for more fashionable company, which sets him on the path to tragedy.
Director
Delmer Daves
Producer
Delmer Daves
Screenwriter
Delmer Daves, Herman Wouk
Distributor
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co
Warner Brothers/Seven Arts
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 4, 1964, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 1, 2012
Runtime
2h 17m