A Child Is Waiting
A Child Is Waiting
Release: 1963-02-13
·Runtime: 102m
·★ 6.8
Drama
Dr. Matthew Clark is the head of a state institution for intellectually disabled children. Jean Hansen, a former music teacher anxious to give her life some meaning, joins the staff of the hospital. Jean, who tries to shelter the children with her love, suspiciously regards Dr. Clark's stern training methods. She becomes emotionally involved with 12-year-old Reuben Widdicombe, who has been abandoned by his divorced parents.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Stanley Kramer Productions
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Bill Mumy
as Child
Elizabeth Wilson
as Miss Fogarty
Juanita Moore
as Mrs. Phillips (uncredited)
Mario Gallo
as Dr. Ernie Lombardi (uncredited)
Butch Patrick
as Boy Playing Football (uncredited)
Burt Lancaster
as Matthew Clark
Gena Rowlands
as Sophie Widdicombe Benham
Steven Hill
as Ted Widdicombe
Paul Stewart
as Goodman
June Walker
as Mrs. McDonald (uncredited)
James Rawley
as Jim (uncredited)
Fred Draper
as Dr. Sack (uncredited)
Jim Backus
as Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited)
Noam Pitlik
as Concerned Father (uncredited)
Judy Garland
as Jean Hansen
Lawrence Tierney
as Douglas Benham
Barbara Pepper
as Miss Brown (uncredited)
Brian Corcoran
as Lewis (uncredited)
Gloria McGehee
as Mattie
Bruce Ritchey
as Reuben Widdicombe
John Marley
as Holland
