Mandy

London, the early 1950s. Born deaf, Mandy is mute for most of her childhood. As she reaches school age her family itself is in danger of breaking up. Christine, Mandy's mother, has heard of a residential school for the oral education of the deaf.

Cast

Phyllis Calvert

as Christine Garland

Jack Hawkins

as Dick Searle

Terence Morgan

as Harry Garland

Godfrey Tearle

as Mr Garland senior

Mandy Miller

as Mandy Garland

Marjorie Fielding

as Mrs Garland senior

Nancy Price

as Jane Ellis

Edward Chapman

as Ackland

Patricia Plunkett

as Miss Crocker

Eleanor Summerfield

as Lily Tabor

Reviews

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When they realise that their daughter “Mandy” (Mandy Miller) isn’t so responsive to sound, they take her to a physician who tells them that she is profoundly deaf, and will most likely never be able to learn to speak either. Parents “Christine” (Phyllis Calvert) and “Harry” (Terence Morgan) are dete...

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