Film Forum

U.S., 1945
Directed by Elia Kazan
With Dorothy McGuire, James Dunn, Peggy Ann Garner, Joan Blondell
WINNER Academy Awards® – Best Supporting Actor (James Dunn), Academy Juvenile Award (Peggy Ann Garner), 1946
Approx. 128 min. DCP.

Peggy Ann Garner grows up in a turn-of-the-century Brooklyn tenement, caught between uptight Mom Dorothy McGuire and boozing Dad James Dunn (Oscar®, Best Supporting Actor). Kazan’s first film and one of his most atmospheric works, eschewing a score in favor of carefully orchestrated source music. With Joan Blondell (“little short of wonderful” – Daily News). “Splendid, sensitive… Perfect in every detail.” – Leonard Maltin

Reviews

“A vastly affecting film.”
– Bosley Crowther, The New York Times