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The Story of Esther Costello

69 %|Nov 6, 1957|Drama

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

Featured Crew

Charles Kaufman
Screenplay
David Miller
Director
Nicholas Monsarrat
Novel

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Cast

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Joan Crawford
Margaret Landi
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Rossano Brazzi
Carlo Landi
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Heather Sears
Esther Costello
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Lee Patterson
Harry Grant
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Ron Randell
Frank Wenzel
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Fay Compton
Mother Superior
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Maureen Delaney
Jennie Costello
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John Loder
Paul Marchant
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Bessie Love
Art Gallery Customer
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Denis O'Dea
Father Devlin
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Sid James
Joe Ryan
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Megs Jenkins
Nurse Evans
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Diana Day
Christine Brown