The Glass Menagerie (1973)
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- TV-PG
- 1h 40min
- Drama
- 16 Dec 1973 (USA)
- TV Movie
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...
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Awards:
- Won 4 Primetime Emmys. Another 3 nominations.
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Katharine Hepburn | ... |
Amanda Wingfield
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Sam Waterston | ... |
Tom Wingfield
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Joanna Miles | ... |
Laura Wingfield
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Michael Moriarty | ... |
Jim O'Connor
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Directed by
Anthony Harvey |
Written by
Stewart Stern | ... | (screenplay) |
Tennessee Williams | ... | (play) |
Produced by
Cecil F. Ford | ... | associate producer |
David Susskind | ... | producer |
Music by
John Barry |
Cinematography by
Billy Williams |
Editing by
John Bloom |
Production Design by
Terence Marsh |
Art Direction by
Alan Tomkins |
Costume Design by
Patricia Zipprodt |
Makeup Department
Colin Jamison | ... | hairdresser |
Production Management
Ronald H. Gilbert | ... | executive in charge of production |
Stephen L. Pinkus | ... | executive in charge of production: PKL |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Anthony Waye | ... | assistant director |
Sound Department
Peter Handford | ... | sound mixer |
John Hayward | ... | re-recording mixer |
Gordon K. McCallum | ... | sound mixer |
David Stephenson | ... | boom operator |
Nicholas Stevenson | ... | sound editor |
Music Department
John Barry | ... | music played by |
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Distributors
- American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1973) (United States) (tv) (original airing)
- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) (1973) (Canada) (tv)
- Broadway Theatre Archive (2000) (World-wide)
- Image Entertainment (2003) (United States) (DVD)
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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.
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Did You Know?
Trivia | Tennessee Williams preferred this film version of his play over the 1950 one. See more » |
Movie Connections | Featured in The 26th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1974). See more » |
Quotes |
Amanda Wingfield:
You are the only young man that I know of who ignores the fact that the future becomes the present, the present becomes the past, and the past turns into everlasting regret if you don't plan for it. See more » |