The Story of Esther Costello (1957)

11/06/1957 (GB) • 1h 43m

Drama

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

Overview

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

Top Billed Cast

Joan Crawford

Margaret Landi

Rossano Brazzi

Carlo Landi

Heather Sears

Esther Costello

Lee Patterson

Harry Grant

Ron Randell

Frank Wenzel

Fay Compton

Mother Superior

Maureen Delaney

Jennie Costello

John Loder

Paul Marchant

Bessie Love

Art Gallery Customer


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

deaf

village

blind

ireland

regaining sight

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