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I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

1977, Drama, 1h 36m

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Movie Info

Pretty and privileged Deborah (Kathleen Quinlan) is, at the age of 16, a borderline schizophrenic who spends most of her waking hours in a bizarre fantasy realm. After a failed suicide attempt, she lands in a mental institution, where the hostile environment threatens to destabilize her condition even further. It's only through the focused attention of the sympathetic Dr. Fried (Bibi Andersson) that Deborah is gradually able to distinguish between dreams and reality again.

Rating:

R
Genre:

Drama
Original Language:

English
Director:

Anthony Page
Producer:

Terence F. Deane, Michael Hausman, Edgar J. Scherick
Writer:

Gavin Lambert, Lewis John Carlino, Joanne Greenberg
Release Date (Theaters):

Jul 14, 1977 original
Release Date (Streaming):

Nov 30, 2018
Runtime:

1h 36m
Distributor:

New World Pictures

Cast & Crew

Kathleen Quinlan

Kathleen Quinlan
Deborah Blake

Bibi Andersson
Dr. Fried

Reni Santoni
Hobbs

Susan Tyrrell
Lee

Diane Varsi
Sylvia

Signe Hasso
Helene

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Critic Reviews for I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

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Audience Reviews for I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

Sep 06, 2010

A beautiful, crazy, dramatic film, and I really loved it.

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Nov 26, 2008

The female version of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, except more patient on the couch exploring her issues with a nicer female doctor scenes. Roger Corman produced this psychological illness drama.

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