The Story of Esther Costello
Nov 06 1957
•2h 43m
•Drama
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
See allJoan Crawford
Margaret Landi
Rossano Brazzi
Carlo Landi
Heather Sears
Esther Costello
Lee Patterson
Harry Grant
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