What the Deaf Man Heard(1997)

For twenty years, he lived in silence. Now his heart needs to speak the truth.

62

2h

  • Comedy,
  • Drama

Overview

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.

Cast

  • Matthew Modine

    Matthew Modine

    Sammy Ayers

  • Claire Bloom

    Claire Bloom

    Mrs. Tynan

  • Judith Ivey

    Judith Ivey

    Lucille

  • James Earl Jones

    James Earl Jones

    Archibald Thacker

  • Jerry O'Connell

    Jerry O'Connell

    Reverend Perry Ray Pruitt

  • Bernadette Peters

    Bernadette Peters

    Helen Ayers

  • Tom Skerritt

    Tom Skerritt

    Norm Jenkins

  • Anne Bobby

    Anne Bobby

    Tallasse Tynan

  • Stephen Spinella

    Stephen Spinella

    Percy

  • Jake Weber

    Jake Weber

    Tolliver Tynan

  • Frankie Muniz

    Frankie Muniz

    Young Sammy Ayers

  • Hallee Hirsh

    Hallee Hirsh

    Young Tallasse

  • Lance Reddick

    Lance Reddick

    George Thacker

  • Teagle F. Bougere

    Teagle F. Bougere

    Abraham Thacker

  • Mark Joy

    Mark Joy

    Attorney

  • Danny Kamin

    Danny Kamin

    Judge

  • Bill Roberson

    Bill Roberson

    Prosecutor

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    Status

    Released (Nov 23, 1997)

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