The Miracle Worker

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest if it's about childhood disability. A post-Civil War Southern family hires a damaged teacher for their wild, blind, and deaf daughter. Performances sell the conflicts, especially Patty Duke's, who waited only one year to play a very different kind of hellion.

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Arthur Penn directed The Miracle Worker in 1962. See Arthur Penn's full filmography, where to start with Arthur Penn, or where to go after you've seen everything by Arthur Penn.

The Miracle Worker was released in 1962 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 106 minutes.