The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
... and from this man who could not speak or hear, the girl heard many things.
Overview
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.
- Budget
- $1,000,000
- Production
- Warner Bros.-Seven Arts
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Cast
Crew
- Director
- Robert Ellis Miller
- Writers
- Thomas C. Ryan
- Producers
- Thomas C. Ryan,Marc Merson
- Cinematography
- James Wong Howe
- Composer
- Dave Grusin
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Wuchak
March 30, 2026
**_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 several troubled people, including the teenage girl of the house, played by Sondra Locke in her first…