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I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
(1977)
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| | Plot: | Based very loosely on the intricate novel by Joanne Greenberg. A young woman's devotion to a childhood fantasy kingdom has taken over her entire life and causes her endless pain and degradation. Placed in a mental hospital, she has the great good fortune to have a truly caring therapist who tries to help her accept reality, even though reality isn't so great either.
| | Cast: | | Kathleen Quinlan | Deborah Blake |
| Bibi Andersson | Dr. Fried |
| Ben Piazza | Jay Blake |
| Lorraine Gary | Ester Blake |
| Martine Bartlett | Secret Wife |
| Margo Ann Berdeshevsky | Drawing Patient |
| Darlene Craviotto | Carla |
| Reni Santoni | Hobbs |
| Susan Tyrrell | Lee |
| Signe Hasso | Helene |
| Norman Alden | McPherson |
| Sylvia Sidney | Miss Coral |
| Dennis Quaid | Shark, Baseball Pitcher |
| Karin de la Penha | Nurse (as Elizabeth Dartmoor) |
| Robert Viharo | Anterrabae |
| Diane Varsi | Sylvia |
| Helen Verbit | Patient |
| Barbara Steele | Idat |
| Gertrude Graner | Old Patient |
| Cynthia Szigeti | Nurse |
| Lynne Marie Stewart | The Sisters |
| Carol Worthington | Spastic Patient |
| Jan Burrell | Pacing Patient |
| Mary Carver | Eugenia |
| Clint Howard | Baseball Catcher |
| Jeff Conaway | Lactamaeon |
| Paul Jenkins | Dr. Royston |
| Donald Bishop | Doctor |
| Carole Androsky | Nurse (as Carol Androsky) |
| Nancy Parsons | Singing Patient |
| Dolores Quentin | Receptionist |
| Samantha Harper | Occupational Therapist |
| Richard Herd | Dr. Halle (as Dick Herd) |
| Sarah Cunningham | Mrs. Forbes |
| Irene Roseen | The Sisters |
| Leigh Curran | Patient |
| Juney Ellis | The Spy (as June C. Ellis) |
| Pamela Guest | Student Nurse (as Pamela Seamon) |
| Cherry Davis | Nurse |
| Danny Elfman | Drumming demon (as Dan Elfman) |
| Richard Elfman | Drumming Demon |
| Michael Margotta | Hallucinated Character |
| Patricia Singer | |
| Mel Gibson | Baseball Player (uncredited) |
| Writing By:
| | Joanne Greenberg | (novel) (as Hannah Green) |
| Gavin Lambert | (screenplay) and |
| Lewis John Carlino | (screenplay) |
| Produced By:
| | Daniel H. Blatt | executive producer |
| Roger Corman | executive producer |
| Terence F. Deane | producer |
| Michael Hausman | producer |
| Edgar J. Scherick | producer |
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