The true story of Frances Farmer's meteoric rise to fame in Hollywood and the tragic turn her life took when she was blacklisted.
Frances is of 2 hour(s) and 20 minute(s). It is Produced By: Brooksfilms, EMI Films, Associated Film Distribution, Universal Pictures. It was released on 1982-12-03. It has the tagline: Her story is shocking, disturbing, compelling... and true. It has an average vote of 6.895 on TMDB.
Genres: Drama
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