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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.

1997 |2h 0m |  Comedy, Drama

Cast

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Matthew Modine

Sammy Ayers

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Claire Bloom

Mrs. Tynan

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Judith Ivey

Lucille

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James Earl Jones

Archibald Thacker

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Jerry O'Connell

Reverend Perry Ray Pruitt

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Bernadette Peters

Helen Ayers

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Tom Skerritt

Norm Jenkins

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Anne Bobby

Tallasse Tynan

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Stephen Spinella

Percy

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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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Mark Joy

Attorney

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Danny Kamin

Judge

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Bill Roberson

Prosecutor

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Status

Released

Language

English

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