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What the Deaf Man Heard - Full Cast & Crew

• 1997
• 2 hr 0 mins
• Comedy, Drama

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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

1 Credit John Kent Harrison

Writer

2 Credits G.D. Gearino Robert W. Lenski

Actor

20 Credits 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 Frankie Muniz Young Sammy Andy Stahl Finis Tyler Noyes Young Tolliver Hallee Hirsh Young Tallasse Teagle F. Bougere Abraham Thacker Lance Reddick George Thacker Danny Kamin Judge Patrick Garner Drunk Mary Lucy Bivins Mrs. Raymond Patt Noday TV Reporter

Composer

1 Credit J.A.C. Redford

Cinematographer

1 Credit Eric van Haren Noman

Editor

1 Credit Jim Oliver

Casting Director

1 Credit Lynn Kressel

Production Designer

1 Credit Veronica Hadfield