What the Deaf Man Heard (1997)
"For twenty years, he lived in silence. Now his heart needs to speak the truth."

Title: What the Deaf Man Heard
Original Title: What the Deaf Man Heard
Release Date: 1997-11-23
Status: Released
Rating: 6.6/10 (from 18 votes)
Language: EN
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Production Companies: Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions
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