
Kings Row(1942)
Five young adults in a small American town face the revelations of secrets that threaten to ruin their hopes and dreams.



Hayley Mills
Pollyanna

Jane Wyman
Aunt Polly

Richard Egan
Dr. Edmond Chilton

Karl Malden
Reverend Paul Ford

Nancy Olson
Nancy Furman

Adolphe Menjou
Mr. Pendergast

Donald Crisp
Mayor Karl Warren

Agnes Moorehead
Mrs. Snow

Kevin Corcoran
Jimmy Bean

James Drury
George Dodds
Pollyanna is a comedy, drama, family film released in 1960 exploring themes of small town, based on novel or book, friends, orphan, vermont, tween girl. Directed by David Swift, it stars Hayley Mills, Jane Wyman, Richard Egan. A young girl comes to an embittered town and confronts its attitude with her determination to see the best in life.
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