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What the Deaf Man Heard

65.56% | 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

John Kent Harrison
Director
G.D. Gearino
Novel

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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