Youngblood Hawke
“He was young and crude, some kind of country-boy joke, but a woman could feel him across a room.”
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Cast
James Franciscus 
Suzanne Pleshette 
Geneviève Page 
Eva Gabor 
Mary Astor 
Lee Bowman
Credits
Written by: 
Delmer Daves
Plot
An unknown Kentucky writer comes to New York and pursues fame and women.
Sinekatalog’s take
A drama about a Kentucky writer chasing fame and romance in New York. It treats literary ambition as both a gift and a trap. Likely to please viewers who like glossy, melodramatic stories about success and its costs.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.1 / 10 (572 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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