What the Deaf Man Heard
(1997)

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

Released: 1997-11-23

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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.

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Matthew Modine

as Sammy Ayers

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Claire Bloom

as Mrs. Tynan

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Judith Ivey

as Lucille

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James Earl Jones

as Archibald Thacker

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Jerry O'Connell

as Reverend Perry Ray Pruitt

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Bernadette Peters

as Helen Ayers

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Tom Skerritt

as Norm Jenkins

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Anne Bobby

as Tallasse Tynan

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Jake Weber

as Tolliver Tynan

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Frankie Muniz

as Young Sammy Ayers

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Hallee Hirsh

as Young Tallasse

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Lance Reddick

as George Thacker

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Teagle F. Bougere

as Abraham Thacker

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Terry Nienhuis

as Officer Harvey

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Mark Joy

as Attorney

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