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ERA
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53 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
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Cast
Katharine Hepburn
Amanda Wingfield
Sam Waterston
Tom
Joanna Miles
Laura
Michael Moriarty
Jim
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Anthony Harvey
- Writers
- Stewart Stern
- Languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
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CRAFT
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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by Anthony Harvey, shot by Billy Williams. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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DIRECTOR
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Original score by John Barry. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
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DIRECTOR
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Editor John Bloom shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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CAST
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Katharine Hepburn and Sam Waterston and Joanna Miles carry the top of the cast.
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WILD
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IMDB entry: tt0070115 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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WILD
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Only 18 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Anthony Harvey directs. Billy Williams behind the camera. John Barry scores. John Bloom cuts. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 153 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
- 2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 3Directed by Anthony Harvey, shot by Billy Williams. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 4Original score by John Barry. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 5Editor John Bloom shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 6Katharine Hepburn and Sam Waterston and Joanna Miles carry the top of the cast.
- 7IMDB entry: tt0070115 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 8Only 18 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
- 9Classified under 33 themes, including "school friend", "single parent", "poet", "nostalgia".
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Billy Williams
- Original score
- John Barry
- Editing
- John Bloom
- Production design
- Terence Marsh
- Costume design
- Patricia Zipprodt
- Runtime
- 100 min · 1h 40m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
- Certification (US)
- PG
Also by
Anthony Harvey
Production companies
Who made it
- TA
Talent Associates
US
- NO
Norton Simon Inc.
US
- BR
Broadway Theatre Archive
Key crew
- ProducerDavid Susskind
- Production DesignTerence Marsh
- Art DirectionAlan Tomkins
- Costume DesignPatricia Zipprodt
- Associate ProducerCecil F. Ford
- EditorJohn Bloom
- Theatre PlayTennessee Williams
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- school friend
- single parent
- poet
- nostalgia
- past
- based on play or musical
- suitor
- crush
- teenage crush
- memory
- family abandonment
- dinner
- power outage
- single mother
- high school friends
- family
- disabled
- disability
- unicorn
- aspiring writer
- family issues
- absent parent
- family problems
- escapism
- recollection
- recollections
- mother son relationship
- mother daughter relationship
- brother sister relationship
- absent husband
- memories
- figurine
- gentleman caller
Release history · US
When it landed
- TV1973-12-16PG· ABC
Also known as
International titles
- Tennessee Williams' The Glass MenagerieUS
