Beautiful Dreamers

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.

Cast

Colm Feore

Played Dr. Maurice Bucke
Rip Torn

Played Walt Whitman
Wendel Meldrum

Played Jessie Bucke
Sheila McCarthy

Played Molly Jessop
Colin Fox

Played Rev. Haines
David Gardner

Played Dr. Lett
Tom McCamus

Played Leonard Thomas
Albert Schultz

Played Dr. John Burgys
J. Winston Carroll

Played Henderson
Barbara Gordon

Played Agatha Haines
Marsha Moreau

Played Birdie Bucke
Roland Hewgill

Played Timothy Pardee

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