What the Deaf Man Heard (1997)
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.
Director: John Kent Harrison
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Matthew Modine as Sammy Ayers |
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Claire Bloom as Mrs. Tynan |
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Judith Ivey as Lucille |
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James Earl Jones as Archibald Thacker |
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Jerry O'Connell as Reverend Perry Ray Pruitt |
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Bernadette Peters as Helen Ayers |
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Tom Skerritt as Norm Jenkins |
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Anne Bobby as Tallasse Tynan |
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Stephen Spinella as Percy |
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Jake Weber as Tolliver Tynan |
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Frankie Muniz as Young Sammy Ayers |
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Hallee Hirsh as Young Tallasse |
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Jim Grollman as Myron |
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Lance Reddick as George Thacker |
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Teagle F. Bougere as Abraham Thacker |
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Karen Williams as Rachel |
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Terry Nienhuis as Officer Harvey |
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Mark Joy as Attorney |
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Danny Kamin as Judge |
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Bill Roberson as Prosecutor |
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K. Ryan Parker as Courtroom Gallery |
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Jemila Ericson as Clerk of Court |
| Writing | Robert W. Lenski | Teleplay |
| Writing | G.D. Gearino | Novel |
| Directing | John Kent Harrison | Director |
