---
title: 'Pollyanna (1960)'
type: 'film'
director: 'David Swift'
released: '1960-05-19'
runtime_minutes: 134
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Family'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/pollyanna-1960'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054195/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Pollyanna (1960)

1960 · 134 min · Drama, Comedy, Family, Romance · United States


## Synopsis

Pollyanna is a 1960 American comedy-drama film starring Hayley Mills, Jane Wyman, Karl Malden, and Richard Egan in a story about a cheerful orphan changing the outlook of a small town. The film was written and directed by David Swift, based on the 1913 novel Pollyanna by Eleanor H. Porter. The film won Hayley Mills an Academy Juvenile Award. It was the last film of actor Adolphe Menjou.

## Credits

- **Director:** [David Swift](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-swift)
- **Screenplay:** [David Swift](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-swift)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Paul Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-smith)
- **Producer:** [Walt Disney](https://cinepixo.com/people/walt-disney)
- **Director of Photography:** [Russell Harlan](https://cinepixo.com/people/russell-harlan)
- **Editor:** [Frank Gross](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-gross)

## Cast

- [Nolan Leary](https://cinepixo.com/people/nolan-leary) as Mr. Thomas
- [Jane Wyman](https://cinepixo.com/people/jane-wyman) as Aunt Polly
- [Anne Seymour](https://cinepixo.com/people/anne-seymour) as Mrs. Amelia Tarbell
- [Edgar Dearing](https://cinepixo.com/people/edgar-dearing) as Mr. Gorman
- [Ian Wolfe](https://cinepixo.com/people/ian-wolfe) as Mr. Neely
- [Reta Shaw](https://cinepixo.com/people/reta-shaw) as Tillie Lagerlof
- [Mary Grace Canfield](https://cinepixo.com/people/mary-grace-canfield) as Angelica
- [Donald Crisp](https://cinepixo.com/people/donald-crisp) as Mayor Karl Warren
- [Paul Frees](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-frees)
- [Edward Platt](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-platt) as Ben Tarbell
- [Gage Clarke](https://cinepixo.com/people/gage-clarke) as Mr. Murg
- [Jenny Egan](https://cinepixo.com/people/jenny-egan) as Mildred Snow
- [Kevin Corcoran](https://cinepixo.com/people/kevin-corcoran) as Jimmy Bean
- [Agnes Moorehead](https://cinepixo.com/people/agnes-moorehead) as Mrs. Snow
- [Leora Dana](https://cinepixo.com/people/leora-dana) as Mrs. Paul Ford

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Official site: http://movies.disney.com/pollyanna
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/pollyanna-1960
Film facts: Wikidata (Q2477507); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.