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Midweek Cinema: Carrie

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

A short season of films featuring Britain's knights of the stage in some of their most distinguished film performances. Tonight starring Laurence Olivier with Jennifer Jones and Eddie Albert

In the early 1900s young Carrie Meeber leaves her poor Missouri home to live and work in Chicago. Here she meets George Hurstwood, a handsome middle-aged restaurant manager. It proves to be a fateful meeting...
This film version of Theodore Dreiser's famous novel is dominated by Olivier's brilliantly controlled performance which was described by critic Richard Winnington as 'the finest acting of his career.'
Films: page 11

Contributors

Based on the novel by:
Theodore Dreiser
Producer/Director:
William Wyler
George Hurstwood:
Laurence Olivier
Carrie Meeber:
Jennifer Jones
Julia Hurstwood:
Miriam Hopkins
Charlie Drouet:
Eddie Albert
Mr Fitzgerald:
Basil Ruysdael
Allen:
Ray Teal
Slawson:
Barry Kelly
Mrs Oransky:
Sara Berner
George Hurstwood Jr:
William Reynolds
Jessica Hurstwood:
Mary Murphy
Source: Radio Times

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