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Mandy is a British film of genre Drama directed by Alexander Mackendrick with Phyllis Calvert
Mandy (1952)
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Add to a movie listMandy is a 1952 British film about a family's struggle to give their deaf daughter a better life. It was directed by Alexander Mackendrick and is based on the novel The Day Is Ours by Hilda Lewis. It stars Phyllis Calvert, Jack Hawkins and Terence Morgan, and features the first film appearance by Jane Asher. In the US the film was released as The Story of Mandy, later also distributed as Crash of Silence.
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Harry and Christine Garland have a deaf daughter, Mandy. As they realise their daughter's situation, the parents enrol Mandy in special education classes to try to get her to speak. They quarrel in the process and their marriage comes under strain. There are also hints of a possible affair between Christine and Dick Searle, the headmaster of the school for the deaf where Mandy is enrolled. Eventually, the training succeeds to the point where Mandy says her own name for the first time. Mandy's speech was achieved by using a balloon. She was able to feel the vibrations of sound onto the balloon and knew she had made a sound.Actors
Phyllis Calvert
(Christine Garland)
Jack Hawkins
(Dick Searle)
Mandy Miller
(Mandy Garland)
Terence Morgan
(Harry Garland)
Godfrey Tearle
(Mr Garland senior)
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