The read
Critics rate it 23 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
Change comes slowly to a small New Hampshire town in the early 20th century. We see birth, life and death in this small community.
Ratings
IMDb6.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes88%
Critics rate it 23 points higher than audiences do.
38 audience votes
Key crew
- Sam WoodDirector
- Thornton WilderWriter
- Aaron CoplandOriginal Music Composer
- Frank CravenWriter
- Harry ChandleeWriter
Cast
- William HoldenGeorges Gibbs
- Martha ScottEmily Webb
- Fay BainterMrs Gibbs
- Beulah BondiMrs Webb
- Thomas MitchellDoc Gibbs
- Guy KibbeeMr. Webb
- Frank CravenMr. Morgan
- Stuart ErwinHowie Newsome
- Ruth TobeyRebecca Gibbs
- Doro MerandeMrs. Soames
- Charles TrowbridgeDr. Ferguson, the wedding minister
- Philip WoodSimon Stimson
Stills
Themes
small townnew hampshirebased on play or musicalteenage girldream like experience1900s