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67% Critic Match
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
“You're going to fall in love with Carrie...a woman without money, reputation or friends, who fought for the happiness of two youngsters in as stirring a fight as you will witness on stage or screen or read about.”
6.7 / 10• 1936• 1h 50m•NR• English
Drama
Storyline
Carrie Snyder is a prostitute, who is forced out of the fictional southern town of Crebillon, after forming a friendship with a young boy named Paul, whose dying mother is unable to protest against her son visiting such a woman. After Carrie has left town Paul runs away from his abusive father, and meets a girl named Lady who has run away from a burning trainwreck, not wanting to go back to the people she was with. Carrie comes back for Paul and ends up taking Paul and Lady to New York with her.
Cast & Crew
Gladys George
Carrie Snyder
Lead
Arline Judge
Lady
John Howard
Paul Darnley
Dudley Digges
Dennis Ringrose
Harry Carey
Phil Yonne
Isabel Jewell
Lilli Eipper
Jackie Moran
Paul Darnley
Charlene Wyatt
Lady
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Wesley Ruggles's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Valiant Is the Word for Carrie is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
