William Hurt
James Leeds
Movie1986DramaRomance
Children of a Lesser God
She is the most mysterious, independent, beautiful, angry person he has ever met. He is the first man who has ever gotten close enough to love her.
Starting his new job as an instructor at a New England school for the deaf, James Leeds meets Sarah Norman, a young deaf woman who works at the school as a member of the custodial staff. In spite of Sarah's withdrawn emotional state, a romance slowly develops between the pair.
6.9 / 101986119 min342 votes
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Marlee Matlin
Sarah Norman
Piper Laurie
Mrs. Norman
Philip Bosco
Dr. Curtis Franklin
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Allison Gompf
Lydia
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John F. Cleary
Johnny
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Philip Holmes
Glen
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Georgia Ann Cline
Cheryl
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William D. Byrd
Danny
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Frank Carter Jr.
Tony
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John Limnidis
William
Bob Hiltermann
Orin
E. Katherine Kerr
Mary Lee Ochs
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John Basinger
Alan Jones
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