About What the Deaf Man Heard
- Released on November 23, 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.
Full Cast of What the Deaf Man Heard
Matthew Modine plays Sammy Ayers
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Judith Ivey plays Lucille
James Earl Jones plays Archibald Thacker
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Stephen Spinella plays Percy
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