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Based on William Gibson's Broadway play and retaining its acclaimed cast, Arthur Penn's The Miracle Worker tells the true story of Helen Keller (Patty Duke), an Alabama girl struck blind and deaf as a baby after an elevated fever. Enter Annie Sullivan (Anne Bancroft), a partially-blind woman ...more
Year: 1962 | Running Time: 107 minutes
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$13.99MIRACLE WORKER (1962) / (SUB)
The Miracle Worker features two of the greatest screen performances of the 1960s, Patty Duke as Helen Keller and Anne Bancroft as Annie Sullivan. Director Arthur Penn skillfully recreates his stage success with the same material, adroitly pacing the film in ways that build a satisfying emotional intensity. The real-life story of the Alabama-born Keller is one of the most powerful personal triumphs of the 20th century, and the film is an inspiring recreation of those events. One of the all-time ...more
- Anne Bancroft - Annie Sullivan
- Patty Duke - Helen Keller
- Victor Jory - Capt. Keller
- Inga Swenson - Kate Keller
- Andrew Prine - James Keller
- John Bliss
- Kathleen Comegys - Aunt Ev
- Beah Richards - Viney
- Jack Hollander - Mr. Anagnos
- Michele Farr - Young Annie at Age 10
- Alan Howard - Young Jimmie at Age 8
- Judith Lowry - 1st Crone
- William F. Haddock - 2nd Crone
- Helen Ludlam - 3rd Crone
- Arthur Penn - Director
- Fred Coe - Producer
- William Gibson - Screenwriter
- Helen Keller - Book Author
- Mel Bourne - Art Director
- George Jenkins - Art Director
- Ruth Morley - Costume Designer
- Aram Avakian - Editor
- Laurence Rosenthal - Composer (Music Score)
- William Gibson - Play Author
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