Beautiful Dreamers

Beautiful Dreamers

5/6/1990 1h 45m 5.2/10

Overview

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-garde ideas on the subject of mental illness. "Dreamers" is based on true events. Dr. Bucke became an important biographer of Walt Whitman.

Director

John Kent Harrison

Top Billed Cast

Colm Feore

Colm Feore

Dr. Maurice Bucke

Rip Torn

Rip Torn

Walt Whitman

Sheila McCarthy

Sheila McCarthy

Molly Jessop

Colin Fox

Colin Fox

Rev. Haines

Wendel Meldrum

Wendel Meldrum

Jessie Bucke

David Gardner

Dr. Lett

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