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I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

1977 96 min ★ 5.9 Drama

A disturbed and institutionalized 16-year-old girl struggles between fantasy and reality.

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Cast

Kathleen Quinlan

Kathleen Quinlan

Deborah Blake

Bibi Andersson

Bibi Andersson

Dr. Fried

Ben Piazza

Ben Piazza

Jay Blake

Lorraine Gary

Lorraine Gary

Ester Blake

Martine Bartlett

Martine Bartlett

Secret Wife

Margo Ann Berdeshevsky

Drawing Patient

Darlene Craviotto

Carla

Reni Santoni

Reni Santoni

Hobbs

Susan Tyrrell

Susan Tyrrell

Lee

Signe Hasso

Signe Hasso

Helene

Details

Director

Anthony Page

Screenplay

Gavin Lambert

Tagline

"When she tried to kill herself, it was just the beginning."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$3,000,000

Production

New World Pictures

Reviews

C

CinemaSerf

October 18, 2025

★ 7/10

Kathleen Quinlan delivers powerfully here as the disturbed “Deborah” who has been institutionalised by her therapist “Dr. Fried” (Bibi Andersson). She’s delusional and walks a fairly fine line between a reality in which she doesn’t feel pain and a fantasy land with it’s own language that she must, at all costs, keep secret. Once ensconced, she finds herself staring at a stark world where her human...

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