Movie Drama
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.
Jessica Lange Sam Shepard Kim Stanley Bart Burns Christopher Pennock James Karen Gerald S. O'Loughlin Sarah Cunningham Allan Rich Woodrow Parfrey Jack Riley Darrell Larson Jordan Charney John Randolph Keone Young Bonnie Bartlett Jeffrey DeMunn Lane Smith Jonathan Banks James Brodhead Jane Jenkins Daniel Chodos Rod Colbin Donald Craig Lee de Broux Jack Fitzgerald Nancy Foy Anne Haney Richard L. Hawkins Patricia Larson Albert Lord Vincent Lucchesi Jack Manning Rod Pilloud Larry Pines David Schroeder Helen Schustack Sandra Seacat Charles Seaverns Karin Strandjord Vern Taylor Andrew Winner Biff Yeager Alexander Zale Paul Fleming M.C. Gainey Roger Galloway Matthew Goldsby Paul Keith F. William Parker Charles Shull Teda Bracci Jan Burrell Flo Di Re Dodds Frank Patricia Gaul Robin Ginsburg Pamela Gordon Anjelica Huston Jamie Johnston Ola Kauffman Donna Lamana Sharmagne Leland-St. John Jane Lillig Alexandra Melchi Patricia Post Zelda Rubinstein Nina Schneider Marlene Silvers Vicki Williams Susan Wolf Tom Amundsen Anne Haslett Barry Jamesby Leonard Lookabaugh Oceana Marr Vahan Moosekian Tom Pletts Eileen T'Kaye Lila Waters Charles Prior Carl Kraines Kevin Costner Dennis Crosswhite David Eisen Ted King Casey MacGill Michael Mallory Rick May Allen Nause Jayne Taini
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