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Critics rate it 24 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
Singer is a deaf-mute whose small world brings him in contact with a young girl, Mick, who cherishes a seemingly hopeless dream of becoming a concert pianist. At first hostile, Mick soon becomes friends with Singer, hoping to enlarge his small world. Three other central characters come to Singer for help also, each of them seeing in him a powerful force.
Ratings
IMDb7.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 24 points higher than audiences do.
51 audience votes
Key crew
- Robert Ellis MillerDirector
- Thomas C. RyanScreenplay
- Dave GrusinOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Sondra LockeMargaret "Mick" Kelly
- Alan ArkinJohn Singer
- Laurinda BarrettMrs. Kelly
- Stacy KeachBlount
- Chuck McCannSpiros Antonapoulos
- Biff McGuireMr. Kelly
- Percy RodriguezDoctor Copeland
- Cicely TysonPortia Copeland
- Jackie MarloweBubber
- Johnny PopwellWillie
- Wayne SmithHarry
- Peter MamakosSpirmonedes