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

Recently released from prison, Beth is working with her public defender to get her son back from her sister, who was awarded legal custody while Beth was incarcerated for ten years. Soon after, Beth forms an unlikely alliance with Jess, an idealistic young protégé of the public defense team, who decides to take on Beth's cause whether she likes it or not.

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