The Children's Hour

Release Date:
Dec 19, 1961
Running Time:
1:49
Genre:
Drama
Director:
William Wyler
Cast:
Audrey Hepburn Karen Wright
Shirley MacLaine Martha Dobie
James Garner Doctor Joe Cardin
Miriam Hopkins Mrs. Lily Mortar
Fay Bainter Mrs. Amelia Tilford
Karen Balkin Mary Tilford
Veronica Cartwright Rosalie
Jarred Barkley Grocery boy (uncredited)
Mimi Gibson Student
William Mims Mr. Burton
Hope Summers Old Lady
Florence MacMichael Bit part (uncredited)
Producers:
Robert Wyler , William Wyler
Writers:
John Michael Hayes
Language:
English
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The Children's Hour

Longtime friends Martha and Karen run a boarding school for girls. When an unruly child, Mary, is punished for lying, she concocts a story that Karen and Martha are having a lesbian relationship. When the story spreads, parents withdraw their children from the school. The women's lawsuit for libel hits many snags when they lack witnesses to speak for them. All the stress adversely affects Karen's engagement to Joe Cardin .

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