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A Child Is Waiting (1963)
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Release Date:
13 February 1963 (USA) moreTagline:
Burt Lancaster & Judy Garland take an untouched theme - and make it touching and unforgettable!Plot:
Jean Hansen comes to a school for disabled children to work there as a teacher. She becomes especially interested in young Reuben... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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Greatly Under-rated Film; We'll Always Be Waiting **** moreCast
(Complete credited cast) | Burt Lancaster | ... | Dr. Ben Clark |
 | Judy Garland | ... | Jean Hansen |
 | Gena Rowlands | ... | Sophie Widdicombe / Benham |
 | Steven Hill | ... | Ted Widdicombe |
| Paul Stewart | ... | Goodman |
| Gloria McGehee | ... | Mattie, Teacher |
| Lawrence Tierney | ... | Douglas Benham |
| Bruce Ritchey | ... | Reuben Widdicombe |
| John Marley | ... | Holland |
| Bill Mumy | ... | Boy counting Jean's Pearls |
| Elizabeth Wilson | ... | Miss Fogarty, Teacher |
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Add content advisory for parentsRuntime:
102 min | 104 min (TCM print)Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishColor:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 moreSound Mix:
MonoFilming Locations:
Lanterman Development Center [formerly Pacific State Hospital] - 3530 W. Pomona Boulevard, Pomona, California, USAMOVIEmeter: 
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Crew or equipment visible: As the camera pans to show Reuben sitting in the car at the beginning of the movie, a crew member is reflected in the car window. moreSoundtrack:
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Shortly after making the blockbuster "Judgment at Nuremberg," Judy Garland and Burt Lancaster again teamed in "A Child is Waiting."
Ms. Garland, again takes a non-singing role, is captivating as a very sympathetic worker in a home for mentally retarded children. She encounters Lancaster, a child psychologist, whose strict methods are in reality what a child in this situation needs so that he or she can function later in life.
Garland takes an immediate interest in Reuben, whose parents left him at the institution and have never visited him. The father is an embittered worker and Gena Rowlands does well as the heartbroken mother.
Frustrated with his deficiency and wondering where his parents are, the child acts out. Garland shows sympathy but her feelings run contrary to Lancaster's methods and the two conflict.
It is not until the child runs away from the institution that the situations are resolved.
A truly wonderful movie which was under rated by critics.