The Glass Menagerie

The Glass Menagerie

Her first Gentleman caller...!

1950 · 107 min · ★ 5.7 · Drama

An aging Southern Belle complicates life for her ambitious son and crippled daughter because of her own warped views of what life should be.

Directed by Irving Rapper · Written by Tennessee Williams

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