What the Deaf Man Heard (1997)

6.4/10 • 99 min • Drama Comedy TV Movie

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.

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

Lance Reddick

George Thacker

Teagle F. Bougere

Abraham Thacker

Mark Joy

Attorney

Danny Kamin

Judge

Bill Roberson

Prosecutor

Recommendations

My Dinner with Hervé
TalhotBlond
Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story
SubUrbia
Inherit the Wind
Hello Sister, Goodbye Life
Don't Think Twice
Psych 3: This Is Gus
The Miracle Worker
My Own Love Song
Psych: The Movie
Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding
Chloe and Theo
Benny & Joon
The Memory Keeper's Daughter
A Dog Year
Ana
Normal
Meltdown: Days of Destruction
Garage Sale Mystery: A Case Of Murder