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Johnny Belinda (1948) -- In post-war Cape Breton, a doctor's efforts to tutor a deaf/mute woman are undermined when she is raped, and the resulting pregnancy causes scandal to swirl.

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Director:
Writers:
Irma von Cube (screenplay) and
Allen Vincent (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
14 September 1948 (USA) more
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She was alone with terror - and torment! more
Plot:
In post-war Cape Breton, a doctor's efforts to tutor a deaf/mute woman are undermined when she is raped, and the resulting pregnancy causes scandal to swirl. full summary | full synopsis
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Won Oscar. Another 3 wins & 13 nominations more
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Retribution and salvation more (42 total)

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Runtime:
102 min | West Germany:95 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (RCA Sound System)

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Jane Wyman's Oscar acceptance speech is reportedly the shortest on record for Best Actress: "I won this award by keeping my mouth shut and I think I'll do it again." 'John Mills' bowed and said nothing after winning Best Supporting Actor for playing a mute in _Ryan's Daughter (1971)_. more
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Factual errors: The adoption papers from the council misspell the possessive "its" as "it's." more
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Dr. Robert Richardson: There's only one shame - failing a human being that needs you. more
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Referenced in The Freshman (1990) more

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Retribution and salvation, 8 June 2006
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Author: krorie from Van Buren, Arkansas

Jane Wyman deservedly won the Academy Award for some of the best acting ever seen on the big screen. She is almost matched by the likes of Charles Bickford, Agnes Moorehead, Jan Sterling, Lew Ayres, and even Stephen McNally, giving the best performance of his career. With a less capable cast, "Johnny Belinda" could easily have degenerated into soap opera melodrama.

Making the story of isolation and loneliness in a small fishing village on the island of Cape Breton, Canada, more meaningful is the image of a forsaken, harsh, and desolate landscape presented by cinematographer Ted McCord. The viewer is drawn into the life of fishermen and subsistence farmers who live on a day to day basis depending on the brutal weather and unpredictable sea for their livelihood. For a deaf and mute young woman, the isolation would seem unbearable.

There is so much more to the film than just a study in loneliness in a faraway nearly forgotten land. It also involves human cruelty, pettiness, and treachery, but also human kindness, forgiveness, and mercy. In the end there is retribution and salvation for those who seek it.

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