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Writers:
Abby Mann (screenplay)
Abby Mann (story)
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Release Date:
1 October 1965 (Finland) more
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Tagline:
Burt Lancaster & Judy Garland take an untouched theme - and make it touching and unforgettable!
Plot:
Psychologist Dr. Matthew Clark is the head of the Crawthorne State Training Institute, one of the first... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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Burt Lancaster ... Dr. Matthew Clark

Judy Garland ... Jean Hansen

Gena Rowlands ... Sophie Widdicombe / Benham
Steven Hill ... Ted Widdicombe
Paul Stewart ... Goodman
Gloria McGehee ... Mattie, Teacher
Lawrence Tierney ... Douglas Benham
Bruce Ritchey ... Reuben Widdicombe
John Marley ... Holland
Bill Mumy ... Boy counting Jean's Pearls
Elizabeth Wilson ... Miss Fogarty, Teacher
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Runtime:
102 min | 104 min (TCM print)
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1.66 : 1 more
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Director John Cassavetes (for whom this was his first major studio production) and Producer Stanley Kramer had many creative / economic differences and during the editing phase, Cassavetes was fired. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: Fourteen minutes into the movie, the teacher asks "what time is it when the big hand is on the six and the little hand is on the twelve?" and a student answers "Six o'Clock" (which is incorrect), though when the camera pans to the blackboard, the big hand is on the twelve and the little hand is pointing to six (which is correct). more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Edge of Outside (2006) more
Soundtrack:
Snowflakes more

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Judy Garlands Best Performance, 3 August 2002
Author: (caspian1978@hotmail.com) from Attleboro, MA

One of John Cassavetes earlier directed classics, it is one of the very few times we get to see Judy Garland the actress and not Judy Garland the little girl. There is not sweet eye candy in this movie. Everything hits you in this movie! One hard hitting blow after another. Its personal direction, the original story, and some of the best acting from both Judy Garland and Burt Lancaster. A relic of a movie, you don't see too many classic like these. An enjoyment, a true taste of the human soul. It is forever an amazing film for the simple reason in the story's message of hope.

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