What the Deaf Man Heard (1997)
Synopsis
In 1945, a young boy arrives in a small Georgia town on a bus from which his mother was abducted and murdered. Alone he sits quietly and everyone becomes convinced that he is deaf and mute. Deciding that silence offers some power and protection, the boy decides to remain mute and just listens to all that is being said around him by people who think that he cannot hear.
Release Date: 1997-11-23
Runtime: 120 minutes
Director: John Kent Harrison
Top Cast
- Matthew Modine as Sammy Ayers
- Claire Bloom as Mrs. Tynan
- Judith Ivey as Lucille
- James Earl Jones as Archibald Thacker
- Jerry O'Connell as Reverend Perry Ray Pruitt
- Bernadette Peters as Helen Ayers
- Tom Skerritt as Norm Jenkins
- Anne Bobby as Tallasse Tynan
- Stephen Spinella as Percy
- Jake Weber as Tolliver Tynan
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