Beautiful Dreamers

When the superintendent of the Canadian insane asylum, Dr. Maurice Bucke, meets poet Walt Whitman, his life and that of his wife and patients is radically changed. Like Dr. Bucke, Whitman has avant-garde ideas on the subject of mental illness. "Dreamers" is based on true events. Dr. Bucke became an important biographer of Walt Whitman.

Full Cast of Beautiful Dreamers

Sheila McCarthy as Molly Jessop

Sheila McCarthy

Molly Jessop

Sheila McCarthy is a Canadian stage, film and television actress, singer and dancer, best known for playing Polly...

Colm Feore as Dr. Maurice Bucke

Colm Feore

Dr. Maurice Bucke

Colm Joseph Feore OC (/ˈkɒləm ˈfjɔːr/; born August 22, 1958) is a Canadian actor. A 15-year veteran of the Stratford...