Frances

  • Drama
12/3/1982
140
R

Her story is shocking, disturbing, compelling... and true.

The true story of Frances Farmer's meteoric rise to fame in Hollywood and the tragic turn her life took when she was blacklisted.

Director:
Graeme Clifford
Writers:
Eric Bergren
Christopher De Vore
Nicholas Kazan
Revenue:
$5,000,000
Budget:
$8,000,000
    • strong woman
    • falsely accused
    • insanity
    • movie business
    • feminism
    • biography
    • based on true story
    • evil mother
    • psychiatric hospital
    • female protagonist
    • hollywood
    • wrongful imprisonment
    • lost love
    • wrongful arrest
    • wrongful conviction
    • wrong diagnosis
    • lobotomy
    • frances farmer
    • power abuse
    • mother daughter relationship

    Videos

    Cast

    • Jessica Lange
      Frances Farmer
    • Sam Shepard
      Harry York
    • Kim Stanley
      Lillian Farmer
    • Bart Burns
      Ernest Farmer
    • Christopher Pennock
      Dick Steele
    • James Karen
      Judge Hillier
    • Gerald S. O'Loughlin
      Lobotomy Doctor
    • Sarah Cunningham
      Alma Styles
    • Allan Rich
      Mr. Bebe
    • Woodrow Parfrey
      Dr. Doyle
    • Jack Riley
      Bob Barnes
    • Darrell Larson
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    • Jordan Charney
      Harold Clurman
    • John Randolph
      Kindly Judge
    • Keone Young
      Chinese Doctor
    • Bonnie Bartlett
      Studio Stylist

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