Amy

Amy is a 1981 American drama film directed by Vincent McEveety and starring Jenny Agutter. It was produced by Walt Disney Productions, distributed by Buena Vista Distribution, and written by Noreen Stone. Plot In 1913, Amy Medford (Jenny Agutter) leaves her possessive, wealthy husband (Chris Robinson) to begin a new life teaching speech to deaf students in the rural Appalachian Mountains at a school for blind and deaf children. Though encountering resistance from those who question whether it's even possible to teach speech to children with hearing-impairments, Amy becomes close to the staff and children, building a new life for herself and gaining the personal strength she will need to stand up to the domineering husband who is not content to let her live her own life. Cast Jenny Agutter as Amy Medford Barry Newman as Dr. Ben Corcoran Kathleen Nolan as Helen Gibbs Chris Robinson as Elliot Medford Lou Fant as Lyle Ferguson Margaret O'Brien as Hazel Johnson Nanette Fabray as Malvina Lance LeGault as Edgar Wanbuck Lucille Benson as Rose Metcalf Jonathan Daly as Clyde Pruett Lonny Chapman as Virgil Goodloe Brian Frishman as Mervin Grimes Jane Daly as Molly Tribble Dawn Jeffory as Caroline Chapman Peggy McCay as Mrs. Grimes Len Wayland as Mr. Grimes Virginia Vincent as Edna Hancock Norman Burton as Caruthers Otto Rechenberg as Henry Watkins David Hollander as Just George Cory 'Bumper' Yothers as Wesley Moody Alban Branton as Eugene Ronnie Scribner as Walter Ray Michelle Downey as Essie Carson Sipes as Dwayne Diana Boyd as Loretta Flavia Fleischer as Iris David Jacob Weiss as Glenn Oscar Arturo Aguilar as Chester Kevin van Wieringen as Owen Corner Seamon Glass as Mr. Watkins Nancy Jeris as Mrs. Watkins Randy Morton as Teenage Boy Lance Gordon as Referee John Arndt as Mr. Pool Rick Foster as Football Player Elisha Rapson as Blind Girl