What the Deaf Man Heard

What the Deaf Man Heard

120 mins | Drama, Comedy | Nov. 23, 1997

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.

What the Deaf Man Heard

120 mins | Drama, Comedy | Nov. 23, 1997

What the Deaf Man Heard
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.
IMDb rating 7.0
Producers Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions
Original title What the Deaf Man Heard
Directors John Kent Harrison
Writers G.D. Gearino, Robert W. Lenski

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

Frankie Muniz

as Young Sammy Ayers

Hallee Hirsh

as Young Tallasse