A Child Is Waiting
Burt Lancaster & Judy Garland take an untouched theme - and make it touching and unforgettable!
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- Drama
Overview
Dr. Matthew Clark is the head of a state institution for intellectually disabled children. Jean Hansen, a former music teacher anxious to give her life some meaning, joins the staff of the hospital. Jean, who tries to shelter the children with her love, suspiciously regards Dr. Clark's stern training methods. She becomes emotionally involved with 12-year-old Reuben Widdicombe, who has been abandoned by his divorced parents.
Keywords
- school
- children's home
- down syndrome
- teaching
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- February 13, 1963
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Stanley Kramer Productions
- Cast
- Butch Patrick,Paul Stewart,June Walker,John Marley,Brian Corcoran,Elizabeth Wilson,Mario Gallo,Juanita Moore,James Rawley,Steven Hilland 11 more
- Director
- John Cassavetes
- Writer
- Abby Mann
- Producer
- Stanley Kramer
- Cinematography
- Joseph LaShelle
- Music
- Ernest Gold
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
- tt0056930