What the Deaf Man Heard
23/11/1997
2h



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
Sammy Ayers


Claire Bloom
Mrs. Tynan


Judith Ivey
Lucille


James Earl Jones
Archibald Thacker


Jerry O'Connell
Reverend Perry Ray Pruitt


Bernadette Peters
Helen Ayers


Tom Skerritt
Norm Jenkins


Anne Bobby
Tallasse Tynan


Stephen Spinella
Percy


Jake Weber
Tolliver Tynan


Frankie Muniz
Young Sammy Ayers


Hallee Hirsh
Young Tallasse
Jim Grollman
Myron


Lance Reddick
George Thacker


Teagle F. Bougere
Abraham Thacker
Karen Williams
Rachel
Terry Nienhuis
Officer Harvey


Mark Joy
Attorney


Danny Kamin
Judge


Bill Roberson
Prosecutor
K. Ryan Parker
Courtroom Gallery
Jemila Ericson
Clerk of Court
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