Beautiful Dreamers
First aired on Jun 5, 1990
50%
Genres: Drama
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.
Featured Cast: click image to view more
Colm Feore | Dr. Maurice Bucke
Rip Torn | Walt Whitman
Wendel Meldrum | Jessie Bucke
Sheila McCarthy | Molly Jessop
Colin Fox | Rev. Haines
David Gardner | Dr. Lett
Featured Crew
François Protat | Director of Photography
John Kent Harrison | Director
Lawrence Shragge | Music
Walt Whitman | Poem
John Kent Harrison | Screenplay
Seamus Flannery | Production Design
