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 |
| Camera | Harold Noyes | Key Grip |
| Sound | Francis E. Stahl | Sound |
| Sound | Dave Grusin | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Marc Merson | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Al Greenway | Makeup Artist |
| Editing | John F. Burnett | Editor |
| Art | LeRoy Deane | Art Direction |
| Production | Larry Kostroff | Production Manager |
| Production | Thomas C. Ryan | Producer |
| Directing | Robert J. Anderson | Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Albert Wolsky | Costume Design |
| Camera | Ralph Gerling | Camera Operator |
| Camera | James Wong Howe | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Marie Kenney | Script Supervisor |
| Production | Marion Dougherty | Casting |
| Production | Maggie Smith | Production Secretary |
| Art | Robert Eaton | Property Master |
