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What the Deaf Man Heard is a american film of genre Drama directed by John Kent Harrison released in USA on 23 november 1997 with Matthew Modine
What the Deaf Man Heard (1997)
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Add to a movie listWhat the Deaf Man Heard is a 1997 Hallmark Hall of Fame television movie that aired on CBS television on November 23, 1997. It concerns Sammy, a man who pretends to be deaf and mute, when in reality he can hear and speak perfectly well. The movie starred Matthew Modine and James Earl Jones.
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During a stop on a bus trip, 10-year-old Sammy Ayers' mother Helen ventures into a bar, while Sammy sleeps on the bus. Helen is murdered as the bus leaves. At the last bus stop in Georgia, Sammy is woken up and realizes that his mother has disappeared. He takes to heart her warning to "keep quiet." He is taken in by the bus station manager, Norm, and informally adopted by Lucille as the entire small town looks after him. As Sammy grows to adulthood, he pretends to be deaf and mute as a self-protective device. Over a 20-year period, he hears many secrets and confidences. However, when he hears something harmful he decides to take action, to protect the townspeople who have become his family, revealing his secret.Actors
Matthew Modine
(Sammy Ayers)
James Earl Jones
(Archibald Thacker)
Frankie Muniz
(Young Sammy Ayers)
Claire Bloom
(Mrs. Tynan)
Tom Skerritt
(Norm Jenkins)
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