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The Miracle Worker
Synopsis
Based on William Gibson's Broadway play and retaining its acclaimed cast, Arthur Penn's The Miracle Worker tells the true story of Helen Keller (Patty Duke), an Alabama girl struck blind and deaf as a baby after an elevated fever. Enter Annie Sullivan (Anne Bancroft), a partially-blind woman assigned the task of teaching Helen sign language. After first separating Helen from her over-protective parents (Victor Jory and Inga Swenson), Annie begins the arduous process of teaching the girl.~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide
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  • Director:
    Arthur Penn,
  • Writer:
    William Gibson,
  • Producer:
    Fred Coe,
  • Cinematographer:
    Ernesto Caparrós,
  • Editor:
    Aram Avakian,
  • Cast:
    Diane Bryan, Kathleen Comegys, Donna Bryan, Peggy Burke, Inga Swenson, Anne Bancroft, Victor Jory, Patty Duke, Andrew Prine, Kathleen Comegys,
  • Sound:
    Dick Vorisek, Emil Kolisch,
  • Camera Operator:
    Jack Horton,
  • Script Supervisor:
    Maggie James,
  • Sound Effects Editor:
    Hugh A. Robertson,
  • Costume Design:
    Ruth Morley,
  • Orchestrator:
    Laurence Rosenthal,
  • Dolly Grip:
    Tom Volpe,
  • Assistant Director:
    Larry Sturhahn, Ulu Grosbard,
  • Screenplay:
    William Gibson,
  • Musician:
    Arthur Weisberg, Gloria Agostini, Lenny Hambro, David Nadien, Sam Levitan, Herbert J. Harris, Charles Libove, Walter Trampler, Matthew Raimondi, Norman Carr, Seymour Barab, Jacob Krachmalnick, Loren Glickman,
  • Other:
    Gene Lasko,
  • Book:
    Helen Keller,
  • Grip:
    Tom Volpe,
  • Production Manager:
    Harrison Starr, David Golden,
  • Music Editor:
    Edward Beyer,
  • Assistant Art Director:
    Mel Bourne,
  • Hairstylist:
    Ed Callaghan,
  • Theatre Play:
    William Gibson,
  • Conductor:
    Laurence Rosenthal,
  • Makeup Artist:
    Herman Buchman,
  • Art Direction:
    George Jenkins,
  • Original Music Composer:
    Laurence Rosenthal,

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