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Dorothy Spencer
Editor -
Elia Kazan
Director -
Nicholas Ray
Dialogue -
Lyle R. Wheeler
Art Direction -
Guy Pearce
Makeup Artist -
Roger Heman Sr.
Sound -
Frances C. Richardson
Researcher -
Saul Wurtzel
Assistant Director
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barrymost 6/23/2021 3:58:26 PM
This is the charming adaption of Betty Smith's acclaimed novel. It's both heartwarming and heartbreaking. The acting is riveting all the way around, and this is one of those rare times when everyone is perfectly cast. But particularly Peggy Ann Garner and James Dunn, both of whose careers, interestingly and unfortunately enough, were failing within the next decade. They act marvelously well together, as the bright young daughter and her kindly, imaginative, but tragically alcoholic father. I nearly cried a few different times during this movie, and if you have a heart, you'll probably get pretty close to tears as well.
Gloria Talbott
Teen-Age Girl in Classroom (uncredited)William Smith
Boy (uncredited)Joan Blondell
Aunt SissyJ. Farrell MacDonald
Mr. Carney The Junkman (uncredited)Charles Halton
Mr. Barker (uncredited)Lloyd Nolan
Officer McShaneMartha Wentworth
Sheila's Mother (uncredited)Dorothy McGuire
Katie Nolan