The Story of Esther Costello (1957)
Eighteen-year-old Esther has been deaf and blind since the accident that killed her mother. Wealthy Margaret Landi, a native of Esther's village in Ireland, is persuaded to help 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.
- Released
- 1957-11-06
- Genres
- Drama
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- David Miller, Charles Kaufman
- TMDB rating
- 7.0/10 from 15 votes
Cast
- Joan Crawford as Margaret Landi
- Rossano Brazzi as Carlo Landi
- Heather Sears as Esther Costello
- Lee Patterson as Harry Grant
- Ron Randell as Frank Wenzel
- Fay Compton as Mother Superior
- Maureen Delaney as Jennie Costello
- John Loder as Paul Marchant
- Bessie Love as Art Gallery Customer
- Denis O'Dea as Father Devlin
- Sidney James as Joe Ryan
- Estelle Brody as Tammy
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