Directed by:
Elia KazanCinematography:
Leon ShamroyComposer:
Alfred NewmanCast:
Dorothy McGuire, Joan Blondell, James Dunn, Peggy Ann Garner, Lloyd Nolan, James Gleason, Ted Donaldson, John Alexander, Alec Craig, Gloria Talbott (more)Plots(1)
The story centers on young Francis Nolan, whose father's sudden death leaves the family to somehow survive in a harsh, desperate time. Like the tree in the back of their house, uncared for and forgotten, their struggle to survive is a valiant one. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Dorothy McGuire](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/676/161676908_a77f96.jpg)
Dorothy McGuire
USA
Best movies:
Jonathan Livingston Seagull (1973)
Gentleman's Agreement (1947)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
![Joan Blondell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/281/281112_fdd111.jpg)
Joan Blondell
USA
Best movies:
Grease (1978)
Bullets or Ballots (1936)
The Public Enemy (1931)
![James Dunn](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/349/164349842_c62cd8.png)
James Dunn
USA
Best movies:
![Peggy Ann Garner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/051/471/51471366_8a93f3.jpg)
Peggy Ann Garner
USA
Best movies:
The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
A Wedding (1978)
![Lloyd Nolan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/099/533/99533836_3a64be.jpg)
Lloyd Nolan
USA
Best movies:
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
Airport (1970)
Peyton Place (1957)
![James Gleason](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/049/262/49262589_97cbf6.jpg)
James Gleason
USA
Best movies:
The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
The Night of the Hunter (1955)
![Ted Donaldson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/948/159948624_116a60.jpg)
Ted Donaldson
USA
Best movies:
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
Phone Call from a Stranger (1952)
John Alexander
USA
Best movies:
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
Winchester '73 (1950)
Mr. Skeffington (1944)
Alec Craig
UK
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Gaslight (1944)
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
![Gloria Talbott](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/046/576/46576502_47daa4.jpg)
Gloria Talbott
USA
Best movies:
We're No Angels (1955)
All That Heaven Allows (1955)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
![William Smith](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270723_cbd85b.jpg)
William Smith
USA
Best movies:
Maverick (1994)
The Song of Bernadette (1943)
Gilda (1946)
George Melford
USA
Best movies:
The Stratton Story (1949)
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
![Nicholas Ray](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269107_6ee504.jpg)
Nicholas Ray
USA
Best movies:
Hair (1979)
Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
![Erskine Sanford](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/127/186/127186533_fd346e.jpg)
Erskine Sanford
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
![Mae Marsh](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/279/279680_87e7fa.jpg)
Mae Marsh
USA
Best movies:
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
The Song of Bernadette (1943)
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Through the Ages (1916)
Mary Lou Harrington
USA
Best movies:
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
My Favorite Wife (1940)
A-Haunting We Will Go (1942)
![J. Farrell MacDonald](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/477/158477098_33cdbb.jpg)
J. Farrell MacDonald
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Sunrise (1927)
The Power and the Glory (1933)
![Al Bridge](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/365/161365665_e1caf5.jpg)
Al Bridge
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
![Ruth Nelson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/922/159922854_0093e9.jpg)
Ruth Nelson
USA
Best movies:
Awakenings (1990)
The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
Arch of Triumph (1948)
![Charles Halton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/426/158426750_1f558b.jpg)
Charles Halton
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
The Shop Around the Corner (1940)