Details

Release year: 1966

Storyline

Amanda Wingfield dominates her children with faded gentility and exaggerated tales of her Southern belle past.

Top credits

Directors

Michael Elliott

Writers

Tennessee Williams

Cast

Shirley Booth — The Mother
Hal Holbrook — Her Son
Barbara Loden — Her Daughter
Pat Hingle — The Gentleman Caller

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Awards

0 wins & 1 nomination

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Did you know

• The movie was lost for decades. In 2015, the unedited video footage was found and it was reconstructed using an audio recording that a viewer had captured during the broadcast and later uploaded to The Internet Archive. It aired on Turner Classic Movies 50 years from the day of the original telecast.

• The original Broadway stage play "The Glass Menagerie" opened at the Playhouse Theatre on Mar 31, 1945 and ran for 563 performances.

• The closing credits only give the descriptive character names The Mother, Her Son, Her Daughter and The Gentleman Caller. Through the narration and dialogue their names are revealed to be Amanda Wingfield, Tom Wingfield, Laura Wingfield and Jim O'Connor, respectively.