I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
1977 · Movie · 96 min. · United States
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.
Direction Anthony Page
Cast Kathleen Quinlan · Bibi Andersson · Ben Piazza · Lorraine Gary · Martine Bartlett · Margo Ann Berdeshevsky · Darlene Craviotto · Reni Santoni · Dennis Quaid · Karin de la Penha · Clint Howard · Pamela Guest · Danny Elfman · Susan Tyrrell · Signe Hasso · Norman Alden · Sylvia Sidney · Robert Viharo · Helen Verbit · Diane Varsi · Barbara Steele · Gertrude Graner · Cynthia Szigeti · Lynne Marie Stewart · Carol Worthington · Jan Burrell · Mary Carver · Nancy Parsons · Jeff Conaway · Richard Herd
Soundtrack Paul Chihara
Screenplay Gavin Lambert · Lewis John Carlino · Joanne Greenberg
Cinematography Bruce Logan
Original title I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
6.4
69 votes (FilmAffinity)
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