What the Deaf Man Heard (1997)

11/23/1997 (US) • 2h

Comedy, Drama

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

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.

Top Billed Cast

Matthew Modine

Sammy Ayers

Claire Bloom

Mrs. Tynan

James Earl Jones

Archibald Thacker

Jerry O'Connell

Reverend Perry Ray Pruitt

Tom Skerritt

Norm Jenkins

Anne Bobby

Tallasse Tynan


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

deaf man

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