The Glass Menagerie

DramaTV Movie

User Score16 votes

76%7.6/10

Release1973→

Runtime1H 40M

LanguageEnglish

StatusReleased

Synopsis

Amanda Wingfield dominates her children with her faded gentility and exaggerated tales of her Southern belle past. Her son plans escape; her daughter withdraws into a dream world. When a gentleman caller appears, things move to crisis point.

Principal Cast4

Katharine Hepburn

Amanda Wingfield

Sam Waterston

Tom Wingfield

Joanna Miles

Laura Wingfield

Michael Moriarty

Jim O'Connor

Full Cast & Crew (15)

Media13

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Director

Anthony Harvey

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Certification

Keywords

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