A child waits

a child awaits ( has Child Is Waiting ) is an American film carried out by John Cassavetes, left in 1963.

Synopsis

Ted Widdicomb entrusts his/her autistic son, Reuben, with the load of the private clinic of Doctor Clark. Two years pass without the child making progress. Jean Hansen, a disillusioned musician is interested in his fate and tries to meet his parents against the opinion of the doctor.

Data sheet

Title: a child awaits
original Titer: has Child Is Waiting
Réalisation: John Cassavetes
Scenario: Abby Mann
Production: Stanley Kramer
Production company: United Artists
Music: Ernest Gold
Photography: Joseph LaShelle
Assembly: Gene Fowler Jr. and Robert C. Jones
Decorations: Rudolph Sternad
Country of origin: the United States
Format: Black and white - 1,66:1 - Mono - 35 mm
Kind: Drama
Lasted: 102 minutes
Coming out date: February 13rd 1963

Distribution

Burt Lancaster : Doctor Ben Clark
Judy Garland: Jean Hansen
Obstructed Rowlands: Sophie Widdicombe
Steven Hill: Ted Widdicombe
Paul Stewart: Goodman
Gloria McGehee: Mattie, professor
Lawrence Tierney: Douglas Benham
Bruce Ritchey: Reuben Widdicombe
John Marley: Holland

Around film

the film is disavowed by John Cassavetes because its producer, Stanley Kramer, take again his assembly to give him a direction very different from that under consideration by the realizer.

External bond

a child awaits on Internet Movie Database

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