This starkly photographed, inspiring drama tells the remarkable story of deaf, blind, and mute Helen Keller in 1880s Alabama and how she learned to communicate through the efforts of teacher Anne Sullivan. Patty Duke and Anne Bancroft both won Oscars for their respective performances as Keller and Sullivan; Arthur Penn directs this first screen adaptation of screenwriter William Gibson's acclaimed 1959 teleplay. Co-stars Victor Jory, Inga Swenson, and Andrew Prine. 106 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono.
Director: Arthur Penn
Producer: Fred Coe
Actor: Anne Bancroft
Actor: Edward Beyer
Actor: Patty Duke
Actor: Mel Bourne
Actor: Victor Jory
Actor: Grant Code
Actor: Inga Swenson
Actor: Andrew Prine
Actor: David Golden
Actor: Michael Darden
Actor: George Jenkins
Actor: Peggy Burke
Actor: Dale Ellen Bethea
Actor: Ruth Morley
Actor: John Bliss
Actor: William F. Haddock
Actor: Kathleen Comegys
Actor: Beah Richards
Actor: Jack Hollander
Actor: Michele Farr
Actor: Alan Howard
Actor: Judith Lowry
Actor: Helen Ludlam
Actor: Laurence Rosenthal
Actor: Dick Vorisek