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Johnny Belinda

Johnny Belinda

Drama · 1948

A small-town doctor helps a deaf-mute farm girl learn to communicate.

Movie details

Johnny Belinda

“There was temptation in her helpless silence...and then torment”

1948 Drama 1h 42m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.9 / 10

Community rating

A small-town doctor helps a deaf-mute farm girl learn to communicate.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

Who fights over Johnny Belinda?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Jean Negulesco

Written by

Allen Vincent · Irma von Cube

Jane Wyman

Jane Wyman

Belinda McDonald

Lew Ayres

Lew Ayres

Robert Richardson

Charles Bickford

Charles Bickford

Black MacDonald

Agnes Moorehead

Agnes Moorehead

Aggie MacDonald

Stephen McNally

Stephen McNally

Locky McCormick

Jan Sterling

Jan Sterling

Stella McCormick

Rosalind Ivan

Rosalind Ivan

Mrs. Poggety

Court is in session

Put Johnny Belinda on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Ambition earns the room.”

The film reaches for consequence and scale, accepting the risk of seriousness instead of shrinking from it.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Importance has entered the chat.”

The production keeps announcing its significance, as though awards-season posture were proof of insight.