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About
The true story of Frances Farmer's meteoric rise to fame in Hollywood and the tragic turn her life took when she was blacklisted.
Theatrical
Dec 3, 1982
Box Office
$5.0M
Budget
$8.0M
Return
0.6x
DVD / Blu-ray
Jun 22, 1999
Theaters
2
Director
Producers
Jonathan Sanger, Charles Mulvehill, Marie Yates
Music
Studio
Brooksfilms, EMI Films
Keywords
falsely accused
movie business
feminism
strong woman
biography
insanity
evil mother
based on true story
psychiatric hospital
female protagonist
hollywood
wrongful imprisonment
lost love
wrongful arrest
wrongful conviction
wrong diagnosis
lobotomy
frances farmer
power abuse
mother daughter relationship
Cast
Full credits →J
Jessica Lange
Frances Farmer
S
Sam Shepard
Harry York
K
Kim Stanley
Lillian Farmer
B
Bart Burns
Ernest Farmer
C
Christopher Pennock
Dick Steele
J
James Karen
Juge Hillier
G
Gerald S. O'Loughlin
Médecin spécialiste de la lobotomie
S
Sarah Cunningham
Alma Styles
A
Allan Rich
Mr. Bebe
W
Woodrow Parfrey
Docteur Doyle
J
Jack Riley
Bob Barnes
D
Darrell Larson
Louella's Spy
J
Jordan Charney
Harold Clurman
J
John Randolph
Kindly Judge
K
Keone Young
Docteur chinois
B
Bonnie Bartlett
Styliste de studio
J
Jeffrey DeMunn
Clifford Odets
L
Lane Smith
Docteur Symington
J
Jonathan Banks
Hitchhiker
J
James Brodhead
Desk Sergeant
