A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Turkish title: Bir Genç Kız Yetişiyor
“Each heart-warming character comes alive on the screen!”
1945 · 2 h 9 min
Directed by 
Elia Kazan
Elia KazanCast
Dorothy McGuire Peggy Ann Garner
Credits
Written by: 
Tess Slesinger
Plot
A girl grows up in a poor Brooklyn family in the early twentieth century.
Sinekatalog’s take
Elia Kazan's debut is a warm, moving drama of a poor Brooklyn family and a dreaming daughter. Peggy Ann Garner and James Dunn, who won an Oscar, make this a tender, sentimental classic.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 8.0 / 10 (9,155 votes)
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