The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

“... and from this man who could not speak or hear, the girl heard many things.”

7.5(49)19682h 3m

Drama

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.

Director

Robert Ellis Miller

Cast

Sondra Locke

Margaret "Mick" Kelly

Alan Arkin

John Singer

Laurinda Barrett

Mrs. Kelly

Stacy Keach

Blount

Chuck McCann

Spiros Antonapoulos

Biff McGuire

Mr. Kelly

Percy Rodriguez

Doctor Copeland

Cicely Tyson

Portia Copeland

Jackie Marlowe

Bubber

Johnny Popwell

Willie

Wayne Smith

Harry

Peter Mamakos

Spirmonedes

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1 review

Wuchak

1mo ago

6.0

**_Loneliness and the need to connect with others in the Deep South_** This was based on Carson McCullers’ first novel, which she wrote when she was only 23 years-old. It’s a Southern Gothic reminiscent of Brando’s “The Fugitive Kind” mixed with a little of James Mason’s “Lolita.” The story revolves around a deaf-mute man (Alan Arkin) renting a room in a new town and his relationships with s...