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.

Directed by Arthur Penn

Top cast

Anne Bancroft

Annie Sullivan

Patty Duke

Helen Keller

Victor Jory

Captain Arthur Keller

Inga Swenson

Kate Keller

Andrew Prine

James Keller

Kathleen Comegys

Aunt Ev

John Bliss

Admissions Officer (uncredited)

G

Grant Code

Doctor (uncredited)

M

Michele Farr

Annie at Age 10 (uncredited)

J

Jack Hollander

Mr. Anagnos of Perkins School in Boston (uncredited)

A

Alan Howard

Jimmie at Age 8 (uncredited)

Judith Lowry

1st Crone (uncredited)

W

William F. Haddock

2nd Crone (uncredited)

H

Helen Ludlam

3rd Crone (uncredited)

Beah Richards

Viney (uncredited)

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