Will There Really Be a Morning?

"This is the story of actress Frances Farmer, her struggles with mental illness and involuntary confinement in an insane asylum."

Cast

Susan Blakely

as Frances Farmer

Lee Grant

as Lillian Farmer

Royal Dano

as Ernest Farmer

Joe Lambie

as Bill Anderson

John Heard

as Clifford Odets

Melanie Mayron

as Sophie

Leonardo Cimino

as Adolph Zukor

Jack Creley

as Professor Williams

James Eckhouse

as Harold Clurman

Jeannie Elias

as Lottie

Joseph Maher

as 1st Doctor

Bruce Ornstein

as John Garfield

Paul Perri

as Luther Adler

Madeleine Sherwood

as 2nd Doctor

Ivor Francis

as Drama Teacher

Rodger Barton

as Actor #1

Neil Affleck

as Actor #2

Donann Cavin

as Actor #3

Joe Pagano

as Actor #4

Sidney Armus

as Judge

Frederick Rolf

as Agent

Richard B. Shull

as Publicist

Keith James

as Reporter #1

Paddy Carol Brown

as Reporter #2

Jim Chad

as Reporter #3

Robert Hawkins

as Franchot Tone

George Touliatos

as Makeup Man

Dalene Young

as Hairdresser

Joe Grifasi

as Wyler

James Cahill

as Howard Hawks

Michelle Leigh Stevens

as Frances, Age 9

Thomas Barbour

as Director

Martha Gibson

as Script Girl

Neil Dainard

as Justice of the Peace

Ray Powers

as Photographer #1

Eric Stine

as Photographer #2

Bob Larkin

as Reporter

Sean Moloney

as Young Man

Alan Scarfe

as Doctor #3

Joanne Strauss

as Nurse

Meg Hogarth

as Police Matron

Angus MacInnes

as Policeman #1

John Kirby

as Sailor

Charles Prior

as Reporter #4

Clark Stevens

as Reporter #5

William Ward

as Reporter #6

Valerie Boyle

as Lottie's Mother (uncredited)

Hayley Taylor

as Young Francis Farmer (uncredited)

Crew

Fielder Cook

Director

Frances Farmer

Novel

Dalene Young

Writer

Ann Brodie

Makeup Artist