Carrie

Carrie

1952 · 118 min · ★ 6.4 · Drama, Romance

In the late 1890s, the ambitious, innocent Carrie arrives in Chicago’s South Side and stays with her nagging, dullish married sister. She then runs for help to traveling salesman Charles Drouet. She soon becomes his mistress, but falls in love with married restaurant manager George Hurstwood.

Directed by William Wyler · Written by Ruth Goetz

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