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Beautiful Dreamers

John Kent Harrison

1990 • 1h 45m

When the superintendent of the Canadian insane asylum, Dr. Maurice Bucke, meets poet Walt Whitman, his life and that of his wife and patients is radically changed. Like Dr. Bucke, Whitman has avant-ga...

Beautiful Dreamers

Cast

Colm Feore

Colm FeoreDr. Maurice Bucke

Rip Torn

Rip TornWalt Whitman

Wendel Meldrum

Wendel MeldrumJessie Bucke

Sheila McCarthy

Sheila McCarthyMolly Jessop

Colin Fox

Colin FoxRev. Haines

David GardnerDr. Lett

Tom McCamus

Tom McCamusLeonard Thomas

Albert SchultzDr. John Burgys

J. Winston CarrollHenderson

Barbara Gordon

Barbara GordonAgatha Haines

Marsha MoreauBirdie Bucke

Roland Hewgill

Roland HewgillTimothy Pardee

Crew

François Protat

François ProtatDirector of Photography

Walt Whitman

Walt WhitmanPoem

Seamus Flannery

Seamus FlanneryProduction Design

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