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Beautiful Dreamers

Genre:Drama

Released:1990-06-05

Runtime:105

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.


Cast:

Colm Feore

Character: Dr. Maurice Bucke

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Rip Torn

Character: Walt Whitman

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Wendel Meldrum

Character: Jessie Bucke

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Sheila McCarthy

Character: Molly Jessop

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Colin Fox

Character: Rev. Haines

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David Gardner

Character: Dr. Lett

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Tom McCamus

Character: Leonard Thomas

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Albert Schultz

Character: Dr. John Burgys

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J. Winston Carroll

Character: Henderson

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Barbara Gordon

Character: Agatha Haines

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Marsha Moreau

Character: Birdie Bucke

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Roland Hewgill

Character: Timothy Pardee

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