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A Child Is Waiting (1963)
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1 October 1965 (Finland)
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Burt Lancaster & Judy Garland take an untouched theme - and make it touching and unforgettable!
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Psychologist Dr. Matthew Clark is the head of the Crawthorne State Training Institute, one of the first...
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | 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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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.
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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).
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Featured in Edge of Outside (2006)
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Snowflakes
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| Judy At Her Best! DVD? | secreto_61 |
| Raising a Child with a Disability | meltmyheart |
| Wonder about Judy | pathos613 |
| architect to district attorney | ljdj |
| The students | scourge2005 |
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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.