The Miracle Worker (1962)

Biography, Drama, General Film

Director: Arthur Penn

Writer(s): William Gibson (stage play, screenplay); Helen Keller (book)

Starring: Anne Bancroft, Victor Jory, Inga Swenson, Andrew Prine, Kathleen Comegys, Patty Duke, Maribel Ayuso, Dale Ellen Bethea, John Bliss, Grant Code, Michael Darden, Michele Farr, William F. Haddock, Jack Hollander, Alan Howard, Judith Lowry, Helen Ludlam, Beah Richards, Madge West

Synopsis: Young Helen Keller, blind, deaf, and mute since infancy, is in danger of being sent to an institution. Her inability to communicate has left her frustrated and violent. In desperation, her parents seek help from the Perkins Institute, which sends them a “half-blind Yankee schoolgirl” named Annie Sullivan to tutor their daughter. Through persistence and love, and sheer stubbornness, Annie breaks through Helen’s walls of silence and darkness and teaches her to communicate.

Release Date: July 28, 1962 (USA) | Length: 106 min | Genre: Biography, Drama | MPAA Rating: NR