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About
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.
Theatrical
Jun 13, 1962
Box Office
$9.3M
Budget
$2.0M
Return
4.6x
DVD / Blu-ray
Jun 29, 1999
Theaters
1
Director
Writer
Producers
James B. Harris, Eliot Hyman
Music
Studio
Seven Arts Productions, Harris Kubrick Pictures, A.A. Productions, Ltd., Anya Pictures, Transworld Pictures
Keywords
sexual obsession
hotel
loss of loved one
based on novel or book
depression
small town
flirt
midlife crisis
eroticism
youngster
lolita
motel
diary
seduction
forbidden love
literature professor
provocation
fascination
one-sided love
widow
adoptive father
summer camp
secret love
older man younger woman relationship
sex with a minor
Quotes
See all →A Mother's Offer of Comfort and Care
Charlotte
My yellow roses. My - daughter....I could offer you a comfortable home, a sunny garden, a congenial atmosphere, my cherry pies.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Quaint Plumbing and Art Reproductions
Charlotte
...The bathroom's back here, right next door. Well, we still have that good old-fashioned quaint plumbing. It should appeal to a European. WOOSH! Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha. Oh, excuse the soiled sock! I see that you're interested in art. In that case, in that case, you really must see, uh, the collection of reproductions I have in my bedroom. Voila!...Du-fee, and there's my little Van Gock, Monet. Is Mme. Humbert, umm...?
[She flushes it to demonstrate]
Humbert
There's no Madame. We are divorced... A happy divorce.
Charlotte
When did all this happen?
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Cast
Full credits →J
James Mason
Prof. Humbert Humbert
S
Shelley Winters
Charlotte Haze
S
Sue Lyon
Dolores "Lolita" Haze
G
Gary Cockrell
Richard T. "Dick" Siller
J
Jerry Stovin
John Farlow
D
Diana Decker
Jean Farlow
L
Lois Maxwell
Nurse Mary Lore
C
Cec Linder
Physician
S
Shirley Douglas
Mrs. Starch
M
Marianne Stone
Vivian Darkbloom
M
Marion Mathie
Miss Lebone
J
James Dyrenforth
Frederick Beale Sr.
C
Colin Maitland
Charlie Sedgewick
T
Terry Kilburn
Man
C
C. Denier Warren
Potts
R
Roland Brand
Bill Crest
P
Peter Sellers
Clare Quilty
I
Irvin Allen
Hospital Attendant (uncredited)
E
Ed Bishop
Ambulance Attendant (uncredited)
A
Angela Bradley
Friend (uncredited)
