De doofstomme Singer huurt een kamer in het huis waar ook de tiener Mick woont. Ze worden vrienden ondanks Singer's moeizame communicatie en Mick's problemen met jeugdtrauma's. Singer probeert iedereen om hem heen te helpen, maar er is niet echt iemand die zich om hem bekommert.
Nee, helaas is The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | Robert Ellis Miller | Director |
| Writing | Thomas C. Ryan | Screenplay |
| Writing | Carson McCullers | Novel |
| Directing | Marie Kenney | Script Supervisor |
| Production | Thomas C. Ryan | Producer |
| Camera | Ralph Gerling | Camera Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Albert Wolsky | Costume Design |
| Production | Larry Kostroff | Production Manager |
| Editing | John F. Burnett | Editor |
| Directing | Robert J. Anderson | Assistant Director |
| Production | Marion Dougherty | Casting |
| Art | LeRoy Deane | Art Direction |
| Camera | James Wong Howe | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Al Greenway | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Marc Merson | Producer |
| Sound | Dave Grusin | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Robert Eaton | Property Master |
| Production | Maggie Smith | Production Secretary |
| Sound | Francis E. Stahl | Sound |
| Camera | Harold Noyes | Key Grip |
