The Miracle Worker
An emotional earthquake!
7.9(347) 1962-05-23 106 minDramaHistory
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.
DirectorArthur Penn
ProducerFred Coe
ScreenplayWilliam Gibson
Original Music ComposerLaurence Rosenthal
Cast & characters
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)
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Grant Code
as Doctor (uncredited)
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Michele Farr
as Annie at Age 10 (uncredited)
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Jack Hollander
as Mr. Anagnos of Perkins School in Boston (uncredited)
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Alan Howard
as Jimmie at Age 8 (uncredited)
Judith Lowry
as 1st Crone (uncredited)
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William F. Haddock
as 2nd Crone (uncredited)
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Helen Ludlam
as 3rd Crone (uncredited)
Beah Richards
as Viney (uncredited)
