A Child Is Waiting
About A Child Is Waiting
Dr. Matthew Clark is the head of a state institution for intellectually disabled children.
A Child Is Waiting is a 1963 drama film directed by John Cassavetes. At 102 minutes long, it arrived in February 1963.
The film is filed under down syndrome, teaching, children's home, and school.
Burt Lancaster appears as Dr. Matthew Clark, Judy Garland as Jean Hansen, Gena Rowlands as Sophie Widdicombe, and Steven Hill as Ted Widdicombe. The screenplay is by Abby Mann. In the United States it streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and fuboTV.
Porky's and Lessons of a Dream make useful companions to A Child Is Waiting. TMDB voters put it at 6.8 out of 10 across 66 votes and it carries a PG rating.