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A Child Is Waiting

Burt Lancaster & Judy Garland take an untouched theme - and make it touching and unforgettable!

13 Feb 1963
  • United States of America
102 mins
6.8
56 votes
  • Drama
articleOverview personCast
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.
  • Burt Lancaster

    as Matthew Clark
  • Judy Garland

    as Jean Hansen
  • Gena Rowlands

    as Sophie Widdicombe Benham
  • Steven Hill

    as Ted Widdicombe
  • Paul Stewart

    as Goodman
  • Gloria McGehee

    as Mattie
  • Lawrence Tierney

    as Douglas Benham
  • Bruce Ritchey

    as Reuben Widdicombe
  • John Marley

    as Holland
  • Bill Mumy

    as Child
  • Elizabeth Wilson

    as Miss Fogarty
  • Barbara Pepper

    as Miss Brown (uncredited)

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