The Miracle Worker

About The Miracle Worker

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.

The Miracle Worker (1962) is a history film directed by Arthur Penn. Its themes are teacher student relationship, historical figure, biographical, and sign languages.

Anne Bancroft stars as Annie Sullivan, Patty Duke as Helen Keller, Victor Jory as Captain Arthur Keller, and Inga Swenson as Kate Keller. Released in May 1962, it runs 106 minutes.

The screenplay is by William Gibson. In the United States it streams on fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel, and MGM Plus.

Children of a Lesser God, There Will Be Blood, and Mr. Holland's Opus make useful companions to The Miracle Worker, all filed under deaf girl, deaf-mute, and deafness. TMDB voters put it at 7.9 out of 10 across 358 votes and it carries a NR rating.