John CassavetesDirector
Burt LancasterDr. Matthew Clark
Judy GarlandJean Hansen
Gena RowlandsSophie Widdicombe
Steven HillTed Widdicombe
Paul StewartGoodman
Gloria McGeheeMattie
Lawrence TierneyDouglas Benham
Bruce RitcheyReuben Widdicombe
John MarleyHolland
Bill MumyChild
Elizabeth WilsonMiss Fogarty
Barbara PepperMiss Brown (uncredited)
A Child Is Waiting
- drama
13 Feb 1963
6.8
2
1h 42min
Burt Lancaster & Judy Garland take an untouched theme - and make it touching and unforgettable!
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.
