
Beautiful Dreamers
Drama
Overview
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.
Top Cast


Colm Feore
Colm Feore
Dr. Maurice Bucke
Colm Feore
Dr. Maurice Bucke


Rip Torn
Rip Torn
Walt Whitman
Rip Torn
Walt Whitman


Wendel Meldrum
Wendel Meldrum
Jessie Bucke
Wendel Meldrum
Jessie Bucke


Sheila McCarthy
Sheila McCarthy
Molly Jessop
Sheila McCarthy
Molly Jessop


Colin Fox
Colin Fox
Rev. Haines
Colin Fox
Rev. Haines
David Gardner
David Gardner
Dr. Lett
David Gardner
Dr. Lett


Tom McCamus
Tom McCamus
Leonard Thomas
Tom McCamus
Leonard Thomas
Albert Schultz
Albert Schultz
Dr. John Burgys
Albert Schultz
Dr. John Burgys
J. Winston Carroll
J. Winston Carroll
Henderson
J. Winston Carroll
Henderson


Barbara Gordon
Barbara Gordon
Agatha Haines
Barbara Gordon
Agatha Haines
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