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The Miracle Worker

1962 · Movie · 107 min

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  • Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer96%as of 2025-01-30
  • Rotten Tomatoes average7.9/10as of 2021-10-05

What it is

The Miracle Worker is a 1962 American biographical film about Anne Sullivan, blind tutor to Helen Keller, directed by Arthur Penn. The screenplay by William Gibson is based on his 1959 play of the same title, which originated as a 1957 broadcast of the television anthology series Playhouse 90. Gibson's secondary source material was The Story of My Life, the 1903 autobiography of Helen Keller.

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Genres
Drama
Original language
English

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