The Story of Esther Costello (1957)
- Starring:
- Joan Crawford, Rossano Brazzi, (more)
- Director(s):
- David Miller
Synopsis of The Story of Esther Costello
Story of Esther Costello is the cinematic equivalent of eating a whole box of potato chips; you may hate yourself, but you'll relish every bite in the meantime. Joan Crawford plays a well-meaning woman who throws herself whole-hog into every charitable cause that comes down the pike. She is married to Rossano Brazzi, who is as greedy as Crawford is generous. Crawford rescues blind deaf-mute Heather Sears from her squalid surroundings, leading to her creation of a charity campaign on behalf of handicapped children, with Sears as "poster child." Brazzi, in league with crooked promoter Ron Randell, seizes upon this as a means to line his own pocket--and one night, he decides to assert his manhood with the helpless Sears. The shock of this assault causes the girl to instantly regain her sight and hearing! Crawford reacts to her husband's outrage by driving her car into a tree, snuffing out Brazzi's life as well as her own. Sears--or Esther Costello, for she is indeed the title character--finds happiness with an honest young reporter (Lee Patterson). Set in America and released by an American company (Columbia), Story of Esther Costello was nonetheless filmed in its entirety in England. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of The Story of Esther Costello
- Joan Crawford - Margaret Landi
- Heather Sears - Esther Costello
- Ron Randell - Frank Wenzel
- Denis O'Dea - Father Devlin
- Sidney James - Ryan
- Robert Ayres - Mr. Wilson
- Harry Hutchinson - Irish Publican
- Janina Faye - Esther as a Child
- June Clyde - Mrs. Forbes
- Diana Day - Christine Brown
- Victor Rietti - Signor Gatti
- Sheila Manahan - Mary Costello
- Rossano Brazzi - Carlo Landi
- Lee Patterson - Harry Grant
- Fay Compton - Mother Superior
- John Loder - Paul Marchant
- Bessie Love - Matron in Art Gallery
- Maureen Delaney - Jennie Costello
- Tony Quinn - Irish Pub Customer
- Estelle Brody - Tammy
- Sally Smith - Susan North
- Megs Jenkins - Nurse Evans
- Andrew Cruickshank - Dr. Stein
- Director(s):
- David Miller
- Writer(s):
- Charles S. Kaufman
- Producer(s):
- Jack Clayton, David Miller
- 1957 - British Academy of Film and Television Arts - Best British Actress
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