Children of a Lesser God
She is the most mysterious, independent, beautiful, angry person he has ever met. He is the first man who has ever gotten close enough to love her.
6.9(346) 1986-09-13 119 minDramaRomance
Starting his new job as an instructor at a New England school for the deaf, James Leeds meets Sarah Norman, a young deaf woman who works at the school as a member of the custodial staff. In spite of Sarah's withdrawn emotional state, a romance slowly develops between the pair.
DirectorRanda Haines
ScreenplayMark Medoff
ProducerBurt Sugarman
ProducerPatrick J. Palmer
Original Music ComposerMichael Convertino
ScreenplayHesper Anderson
Cast & characters
William Hurt
as James Leeds
Marlee Matlin
as Sarah Norman
Piper Laurie
as Mrs. Norman
Philip Bosco
as Dr. Curtis Franklin
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Allison Gompf
as Lydia
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John F. Cleary
as Johnny
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Philip Holmes
as Glen
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Georgia Ann Cline
as Cheryl
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William D. Byrd
as Danny
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Frank Carter Jr.
as Tony
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John Limnidis
as William
Bob Hiltermann
as Orin
E. Katherine Kerr
as Mary Lee Ochs
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John Basinger
as Alan Jones
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Barry Magnani
as Tom Schuyler
Linda Bove
as Marian Loesser
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Ann Hanson
as Martha Franklin
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James Carrington
as Mr. Harrison
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Max M. Brown
as Glen's Father
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María Cellario
as Glen's Mother
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Jon-Paul Dougherty
as Glen's Brother
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Linda Swim
as Sarah's Friend
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Lois Clowater
as Sarah's Friend
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Allan R. Francis
as Waiter
