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The Miracle Worker
1962 1h 46m Not Rated
Drama
,
Biography
8.1
96%
88%
78%
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The story of Anne Sullivan's struggle to teach the blind and deaf Helen Keller how to communicate.
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Directed By
Arthur Penn
Written By
William Gibson
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Helen Keller
Studio
Playfilm Productions
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Cast of The Miracle Worker
Anne Bancroft
Annie Sullivan
Victor Jory
Captain Arthur Keller
Inga Swenson
Kate Keller
Andrew Prine
James Keller
Kathleen Comegys
Aunt Ev
Patty Duke
Helen Keller
John Bliss
Admissions Officer (uncredited)
Grant Code
Doctor (uncredited)
Michele Farr
Annie at Age 10 (uncredited)
Jack Hollander
Mr. Anagnos of Perkins School in Boston (uncredited)
Alan Howard
Jimmie at Age 8 (uncredited)
Judith Lowry
1st Crone (uncredited)
William F. Haddock
2nd Crone (uncredited)
Helen Ludlam
3rd Crone (uncredited)
Beah Richards
Viney (uncredited)
The Miracle Worker Reviews
The Film Yap
Christopher Lloyd
When it came out, The Miracle Worker was seen as dynamic and rule-breaking; in today's lights, it's a finely crafted film, well-acted, a bit stiff.
EmanuelLevy.Com
Emanuel Levy
Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke give intense, powerful Oscar-winning performances in Arthur Penn's successful screen version of the Helen Keller story, based on William Gibson's play.
Family Home Theater
James Plath
The Miracle Worker structurally has much in common with a Western. The plot turns on a stranger who comes to town, confronts a problem the townspeople cannot solve, and leaves when that problem has been addressed.
Common Sense Media
Nell Minow
Outstanding movie based on life of Helen Keller.
Decent Films
Steven D. Greydanus
Beautiful black-and-white cinematography, startling performances, and harrowing physicality… the cathartic final scene is nothing short of transcendent.
Film Frenzy
Matt Brunson
This is a work that's raw, uncomfortable, and in-your-face.
Filmcritic.com
Christopher Null
Notable not just for its earnestness and two outstanding performances (both won Oscars) -- it's also got one of the longest catfights in cinema history.
Village Voice
Nick Pinkerton
The centerpiece is a one-room, nine-minute war of attrition, as a tutor (Anne Bancroft) imposes table manners on her feral charge (Patty Duke). It's a heaving, shin-cracking donnybrook, done with complete commitment.
Chicago Reader
Don Druker
Anne Bancroft is superb as Annie Sullivan, the teacher who finally reached into Helen Keller's darkness, and Patty Duke is chillingly real as the young Helen.
Photoplay
Janet Graves
Simple, powerful, unsentimental, this version of the stage hit is a real movie.
Nick's Flick Picks
Nick Davis
Potentially soft material is handled with just the right severity; marvelously acted.
Apollo Guide
Scott Renshaw
Portrays a literal war for a girl's soul, making that war so ugly that it's impossibly beautiful.
TV Guide
The eight-minute sequence featuring a physical fight between Bancroft and Duke as the teacher attempts to teach the pupil some manners stands as one of the most electrifying and honest ever committed to film.
Variety
Where the picture really excels, outside of its inherent story values, is in the realm of photographic technique.
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