The Miracle Worker
An emotional earthquake!
The true story of the frightening, lonely world of silence and darkness of 7-year-old Helen Keller who, since infancy, has never seen the sky, heard her mother's voice or expressed her innermost feelings.Then Annie Sullivan, a 20-year-old teacher from Boston, arrives.
- Director
- Arthur Penn
- Signature
- Craft · Drama · Tension
- Worldwide
- $3M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
14 billed performers
The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
How The Miracle Worker actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
Story overview
What It's About
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The true story of the frightening, lonely world of silence and darkness of 7-year-old Helen Keller who, since infancy, has never seen the sky, heard her mother's voice or expressed her innermost feelings. Then Annie Sullivan, a 20-year-old teacher from Boston, arrives. Having just recently regained her own sight, the no-nonsense Annie reaches out to Helen through the power of touch, the only tool they have in common, and leads her bold pupil on a miraculous journey from fear and isolation to happiness and light.
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The numbers
Box Office & Release
The Miracle Worker returned 5.0× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $500,000
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $3M
- Release date
- May 23, 1962
- Runtime
- 1h 46m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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