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Audiences rate it 24 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
The true story of Frances Farmer's meteoric rise to fame in Hollywood and the tragic turn her life took when she was blacklisted.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes68%
Metacritic48/100
Audiences rate it 24 points higher than critics do.
126 audience votes
Key crew
- John BarryOriginal Music Composer
- Graeme CliffordDirector
- Nicholas KazanWriter
- Christopher De VoreWriter
- Eric BergrenWriter
Cast
- Jessica LangeFrances Farmer
- Sam ShepardHarry York
- Kim StanleyLillian Farmer
- Bart BurnsErnest Farmer
- Christopher PennockDick Steele
- James KarenJuge Hillier
- Gerald S. O'LoughlinMédecin spécialiste de la lobotomie
- Sarah CunninghamAlma Styles
- Allan RichMr. Bebe
- Woodrow ParfreyDocteur Doyle
- Jack RileyBob Barnes
- Darrell LarsonLouella's Spy
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Themes
strong womanfalsely accusedinsanitymovie businessfeminismbiographybased on true storyevil motherpsychiatric hospitalfemale protagonisthollywoodwrongful imprisonment
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