Movie
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1962-06-13
- Runtime
- 154 min
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Seven Arts Productions, Harris Kubrick Pictures, A.A. Productions, Ltd., Anya Pictures, Transworld Pictures
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- James Mason as Prof. Humbert Humbert
- Shelley Winters as Charlotte Haze
- Sue Lyon as Dolores "Lolita" Haze
- Gary Cockrell as Richard T. "Dick" Siller
- Jerry Stovin as John Farlow
- Diana Decker as Jean Farlow
- Lois Maxwell as Nurse Mary Lore
- Cec Linder as Physician
- Bill Greene as George Swine
- Shirley Douglas as Mrs. Starch
- Marianne Stone as Vivian Darkbloom
- Marion Mathie as Miss Lebone
Crew
- Stanley Kubrick - Director
- Vladimir Nabokov - Screenplay
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