A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Each heart-warming character comes alive on the screen! Release date: 1945-02-28 Genres: Drama Actors: William Smith, Gloria Talbott, Lloyd Nolan, Martha Wentworth, J. Farrell MacDonald, James Dunn, Mae Marsh, Paul Hilton, Lillian Bronson, Adeline De Walt Reynolds, Robert Malcolm, Jack Carr, Robert J. Anderson, Harry Denny, Ruth Nelson, Wyrley Birch, Ted Donaldson, Cecil Weston, Mary Lou Harrington, Francis Pierlot, James Gleason, Fernanda Eliscu, Dink Trout, Charles Marsh, Peter Cusanelli, Peggy Ann Garner, Ferike Boros, Bobby Burns, Joan Blondell, Nancy June Robinson, Alec Craig, Robert Milasch, George M. Carleton, John Alexander, John Berkes, Art Smith, Virginia Brissac, Harry Seymour, George Meader, Robert Strange, B.S. Pully, Harry Harvey Jr., Edith Hallor, Erskine Sanford, Al Eben, Teddy Infuhr, Vincent Graeff, Jessie Arnold, Constance Purdy, Paul Weigel, Dorothy McGuire, Charles Halton, Ruth Rickaby, Mickey Kuhn, Sue Moore, Ethyl May Halls, Joseph J. Greene, Norman Field, Al Bridge, Edythe Elliott, Elvin Field, Robert Ferrero, Eva Lee Kuney, Paul Graeff, Edna Jackson, Joyce Tucker, Linda Bieber, Walt Robbins, Danny Shaw, Jean Fowler, James B. Carson, Jack Lawrence, Jacqueline Larkin, Mickey McGuire, Irving Gump, Robert Tait, Tony Santoro, Gerald Mackey, Janice Hood, Sally Ann Brown, Susan Lester, Ronnie Pattison, Sheila Brown, Boots Brown, Joy Duguay, Patricia McFadden, Gordon Rader Direction: Nicholas Ray, George Melford Runtime: 2 h. 8 min. Score: 7.6/10 Votes: 98 Countries: United States of America Companies: 20th Century Fox Overview: In Brooklyn circa 1900, the Nolans manage to enjoy life on pennies despite great poverty and Papa's alcoholism. We come to know these people well through big and little troubles: Aunt Sissy's scandalous succession of "husbands"; the removal of the one tree visible from their tenement; and young Francie's desire to transfer to a better school...if irresponsible Papa can get his act together.