Beautiful Dreamers 1990

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
Dr. Maurice Bucke 

Rip Torn
Walt Whitman 

Wendel Meldrum
Jessie Bucke 

Sheila McCarthy
Molly Jessop 

Colin Fox
Rev. Haines 

David Gardner
Dr. Lett