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The Miracle Worker (1979) Plot Summary Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1979 · 98 mins · English
- Directed by
- Paul Aaron
- Starring
- Patty Duke, Diana Muldaur, Anne Seymour, Charles Siebert, Melissa Gilbert, Stanley Wells
TV adaptation of William Gibson's classic play about Helen Keller and teacher Annie Sullivan. Scarlet fever leaves Helen blind, deaf and mute, isolating her and causing violent outbursts. Sullivan is hired to break through, teaching language and opening the world to her, freeing her from an internal prison. It remakes the 1962 film starring Patty Duke as Helen.
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