Movie
The Miracle Worker
Overview
The true story of the frightening, lonely world of silence and darkness of 7-year-old Helen Keller who, since infancy, has never seen the sky, heard her mother's voice or expressed her innermost feelings. Then Annie Sullivan, a 20-year-old teacher from Boston, arrives. Having just recently regained her own sight, the no-nonsense Annie reaches out to Helen through the power of touch, the only tool they have in common, and leads her bold pupil on a miraculous journey from fear and isolation to happiness and light.
Details
- Release date
- 1962-05-23
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Genres
- Drama, History
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Playfilm Productions
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Anne Bancroft as Annie Sullivan
- Patty Duke as Helen Keller
- Victor Jory as Captain Arthur Keller
- Inga Swenson as Kate Keller
- Andrew Prine as James Keller
- Kathleen Comegys as Aunt Ev
- John Bliss as Admissions Officer (uncredited)
- Grant Code as Doctor (uncredited)
- Michele Farr as Annie at Age 10 (uncredited)
- Jack Hollander as Mr. Anagnos of Perkins School in Boston (uncredited)
- Alan Howard as Jimmie at Age 8 (uncredited)
- Judith Lowry as 1st Crone (uncredited)
Crew
- Arthur Penn - Director
- William Gibson - Screenplay
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