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The Story of Esther Costello(1957)
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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.

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namecharacter
Rossano Brazzi Carlo Landi
Estelle Brody Tammy
Fay Compton Mother Superior
Joan Crawford Margaret Landi
Diana Day Christine Brown
Maureen Delaney Jennie Costello
Sid James Joe Ryan
Megs Jenkins Nurse Evans
John Loder Paul Marchant
Bessie Love Art Gallery Customer
Denis O'Dea Father Devlin
Lee Patterson Harry Grant
Ron Randell Frank Wenzel
Heather Sears Esther Costello
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Charles Kaufman screenplay
David Miller director
Nicholas Monsarrat writer (original)
yearawardcategoryname
1957 BAFTA Best Actress in a Leading Role Heather Sears