The Story of Esther Costello [202436] Released: 1957-11-06 Revenue: $0 Budget: $0 Profit: $0 Runtime: 103 mins Popularity: 0.625 Vote Average: 6.9 Vote Count: 11 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 Cast [14] Joan CrawfordMargaret Landi Rossano BrazziCarlo Landi Heather SearsEsther Costello Lee PattersonHarry Grant Ron RandellFrank Wenzel Fay ComptonMother Superior Maureen DelaneyJennie Costello John LoderPaul Marchant Bessie LoveArt Gallery Cust Denis O'DeaFather Devlin Sid JamesJoe Ryan Estelle BrodyTammy Megs JenkinsNurse Evans Diana DayChristine Brown Trailers