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.

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