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Lolita 1962 Directed by Stanley Kubrick

How did they ever make a movie of Lolita?

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.

Country USA
Production Countries United Kingdom , USA
Language English
Spoken Language English
Budget $2,000,000
Revenue $9,250,000
Release Date 13 June 1962
154 mins
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
Shirley Douglas Mrs. Starch
Marianne Stone Vivian Darkbloom
Marion Mathie Miss Lebone
James Dyrenforth Frederick Beale Sr.
Maxine Holden Miss Fromkiss
Colin Maitland Charlie Sedgewick
Roland Brand Bill Crest
Peter Sellers Clare Quilty
Peter Cushing John Banning (archive footage) (uncredited)
Christopher Lee Kharis, the Mummy (archive footage) (uncredited)