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.

James Masonas Prof. Humbert Humbert
Shelley Wintersas Charlotte Haze
Sue Lyonas Dolores "Lolita" Haze
Gary Cockrellas Richard T. "Dick" Siller
Jerry Stovinas John Farlow
Diana Deckeras Jean Farlow
Lois Maxwellas Nurse Mary Lore
Cec Linderas Physician
Shirley Douglasas Mrs. Starch
Oswald Morris