The Miracle Worker
1962 · 106 MIN · IMDB 8.1 · 21,261 VOTES · DIR. Arthur Penn
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 933 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:15 She'll live.
00:05:35 I told you to let her be.
00:08:42 Discipline an afflicted child? Is it her fault?
00:11:24 I won't give them any trouble. I'll be so ladylike they won't notice I've come!
00:18:45 Blind? Good heavens! They expect one blind child to teach another?
00:23:39 Yes.
00:27:03 (whistles)
00:31:50 Good...
00:36:27 - The drunkenness or the butchery? - Neither, Father. Only that he beat us.
00:38:46 - I, Cap'n? - She's a hireling.
00:50:36 When I grow up.
00:54:43 Yes, I... Well, come in.
00:57:21 Mrs Keller, I don't think Helen's worst handicap is deafness or blindness.
01:00:08 They'd leave, but we played with the babies
01:04:42 (doll makes sound)
01:09:19 - What is? - Giving up.
01:13:12 Oh, why should I talk to you? I'm teaching a new word to Percy.
01:19:53 Bird. It has a name.
01:24:08 Helen, the chick has to come out of its shell sometime.
01:27:30 6 o'clock.
01:32:10 - No. - Maybe.
01:35:20 Reverend looked in today to complain his hens had stopped layin'.
01:38:14 There. Now, shall we start all over?
05:00:00 in the light of words.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed933
Dialogue density8.8 lines / min
First line00:00:15
Final line05:00:00
Production Record
DirectorArthur Penn
LanguageEnglish
Budget$500,000
Revenue$2,500,000
IMDb votes21,261