Movie
Pollyanna
Overview
A young girl comes to an embittered town and confronts its attitude with her determination to see the best in life.
Details
- Release date
- 1960-05-19
- Runtime
- 134 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Family
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Walt Disney Productions
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Hayley Mills as Pollyanna
- Jane Wyman as Aunt Polly
- Richard Egan as Dr. Edmond Chilton
- Karl Malden as Reverend Paul Ford
- Nancy Olson as Nancy Furman
- Adolphe Menjou as Mr. Pendergast
- Donald Crisp as Mayor Karl Warren
- Agnes Moorehead as Mrs. Snow
- Kevin Corcoran as Jimmy Bean
- James Drury as George Dodds
- Reta Shaw as Tillie Lagerlof
- Leora Dana as Mrs. Ford
Crew
- David Swift - Director
- David Swift - Screenplay
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