The Story of Esther Costello (1957)
Eighteen-year-old Esther has been deaf and blind since the accident which killed her mother. Wealthy Margaret Landi, a native of Esther's village in Ireland, is talked into helping to educate and possibly heal Esther. Margaret grows to love Esther as a daughter, but finds Esther's innocence threatened by sleazy promoters and her own sleazy ex-husband. Radiant performance by Heather Sears. Based on a book that nearly had Helen Keller's co-workers suing for libel due to perceived parallels between Carlo Landi and the husband of Annie Sullivan
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Joan Crawford
as Margaret Landi
as Margaret Landi
Rossano Brazzi
as Carlo Landi
as Carlo Landi
Heather Sears
as Esther Costello
as Esther Costello
Lee Patterson
as Harry Grant
as Harry Grant
Ron Randell
as Frank Wenzel
as Frank Wenzel
Fay Compton
as Mother Superior
as Mother Superior
Maureen Delaney
as Jennie Costello
as Jennie Costello
John Loder
as Paul Marchant
as Paul Marchant
Bessie Love
as Art Gallery Customer
as Art Gallery Customer
Denis O'Dea
as Father Devlin
as Father Devlin
Sid James
as Joe Ryan
as Joe Ryan
Estelle Brody
as Tammy
as Tammy
Megs Jenkins
as Nurse Evans
as Nurse Evans
Diana Day
as Christine Brown
as Christine Brown
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David Miller
Director
Director
Charles Kaufman
Screenplay
Screenplay
Nicholas Monsarrat
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Novel
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