Carrie (1952 film)

Carrie
Theatrical poster
Directed byWilliam Wyler
Screenplay byRuth Goetz
Augustus Goetz
Based onSister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser
Produced byWilliam Wyler
Lester Koenig (associate producer)
StarringLaurence Olivier
Jennifer Jones
Miriam Hopkins
CinematographyVictor Milner
Edited byRobert Swink
Music byDavid Raksin
Production
company
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • July 17, 1952 (1952-07-17)
Running time
118 minutes
LanguageEnglish
Budget$2 million
Box office$1.8 million (US rentals)

Carrie is a 1952 American drama film based on the novel Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser. Directed by William Wyler, the film stars Jennifer Jones in the title role and Laurence Olivier as Hurstwood. Eddie Albert played Charles Drouet. Carrie received two Academy Award nominations: Costume Design (Edith Head), and Best Art Direction (Hal Pereira, Roland Anderson, Emile Kuri).