A Child Is Waiting

Abby Mann's 1963 American drama picture A Child Is Waiting is based on his 1957 Westinghouse Studio One teleplay of the same name. Stanley Kramer produced the picture, which was directed by John Cassavetes. Burt Lancaster plays the head of a governmental facility for mentally ill and emotionally troubled youngsters, while Judy Garland plays a new teacher who questions his methods.

Garland, no matter what century she worked in, always understood how to collaborate with outstanding filmmakers. She found her way to John Cassavetes for the last film role of her career, Jean Hansen in 1963's A Child Is Waiting, after making an on-screen return. Garland had aged nicely into the part by that time in her career. There was almost an agonizing, ironic, "what could have been" tone to the picture as a teacher whose heartfelt approaches affect the course of many lives.

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Directed by: John Cassavetes

Release date: January 11, 1963

Link to watch: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056930