The Story of Esther Costello

The Story of Esther Costello

🎞️ Movie 103 min GB
โ˜… 6.5 /10 1957

Drama without equal that smashes its way into a woman's love-starved heart!

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.

Cast

Joan Crawford
Joan Crawford
Margaret Landi
Heather Sears
Heather Sears
Esther Costello
Rossano Brazzi
Rossano Brazzi
Carlo Landi
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Lee Patterson
Harry Grant
Ron Randell
Ron Randell
Frank Wenzel
Fay Compton
Fay Compton
Mother Superior
John Loder
John Loder
Paul Marchant
Denis O'Dea
Denis O'Dea
Father Devlin
Sidney James
Sidney James
Ryan
Bessie Love
Bessie Love
Matron in Art Gallery
Georges Auric
Georges Auric
Composer
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Robert Krasker
Cinematographer