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What the Deaf Man Heard

67 %|Nov 23, 1997|Comedy, Drama

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.

Featured Crew

Robert W. Lenski
Teleplay
G.D. Gearino
Novel
John Kent Harrison
Director

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Cast

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Matthew Modine
Sammy Ayers
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Claire Bloom
Mrs. Tynan
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James Earl Jones
Archibald Thacker
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Jerry O'Connell
Reverend Perry Ray Pruitt
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Tom Skerritt
Norm Jenkins
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Anne Bobby
Tallasse Tynan
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Jake Weber
Tolliver Tynan
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Frankie Muniz
Young Sammy Ayers
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Hallee Hirsh
Young Tallasse
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Lance Reddick
George Thacker
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Teagle F. Bougere
Abraham Thacker
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Terry Nienhuis
Officer Harvey
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Mark Joy
Attorney
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Bill Roberson
Prosecutor
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K. Ryan Parker
Courtroom Gallery
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Jemila Ericson
Clerk of Court