The Quiet One

Sep 1, 1948

1h 5m

★ 4.8

Overview

A documentary account of the rehabilitation at the Wiltwyck School of an emotionally disturbed black boy who is unwanted, misunderstood, and inwardly tortured.

Genres

Drama

Documentary

Production Companies

Film Documents

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Cast

Narrator (voice)

Garry Merrill

Donald Peters

Donald Thompson

The counselor

Clarence Cooper

The grandmother

Sadie Stockton

The mother

Estelle Evans

The stepfather

Paul Baucum

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