The Heart is a Lonely Hunter

1954 • 123 minutes

À propos de ce film

If John Singer could, he'd tell you about his inner world of beauty and dignity. But the card he holds must speak for him. "I am a deaf-mute. I read lips and understand what is said to me. Please do not shout." In the performance that earned him an Oscar® nomination and the New York Film Critics Award as 1968's Best Actor, future Academy Award® winner* Alan Arkin is Singer in this film of Carson McCullers' acclaimed first novel. When he moves to a sleepy Southern town to be near his hospitalized friend (Chuck McCann), a brain-damaged man-child, Singer's silent kindness draws others broken in body and spirit. Playing some of those others in a prime ensemble are Cicely Tyson, Percy Rodriguez, Stacy Keach Jr. and fellow Oscar® nominee Sondra Locke.

Notes et avis

Great flick. Google has it listed as a 1954 movie. Actually, it was released in 1968, with a young Sondra Locke who would go on to play in many Clint Eastwood pictures in the 1970s and 80s.

I can see myself in it. We often help friends a lot, but we could not solve our own problem.

Wonderful b&w movie based on even better book with Alan Arkin, filmed in Selma, AL.