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What the Deaf Man Heard

For twenty years, he lived in silence. Now his heart needs to speak the truth.
Nov 23, 1997 · 1h 39m
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Drama
Comedy
TV Movie

PLOT

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.

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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
Directed by John Kent Harrison

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
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Production
Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions
Country
US

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