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What 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.
Nov 23, 1997 · What the Deaf Man Heard: Directed by John Kent Harrison. With Matthew Modine, Claire Bloom, Judith Ivey, James Earl Jones. Arriving in a new town, a child pretends to be deaf-mute to protect himself - a ruse which works so well that for twenty years he is custodian to all the town's secrets.
Hallmark Hall of Fame. A man breaks his silence after 20 years to speak out against injustice.
What the Deaf Man Heard. After 20 years of pretending not to be able to hear or speak, a man breaks his silence to get revenge on the man who made his life miserable. Stars Matthew Modine, James Earl Jones, Bernadette Peters, and Frankie Muniz.
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.
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What the Deaf Man Heard. 1997 · 1 hr 39 min. TV-PG. Drama · Comedy. Arriving in a small town as a young boy, Sammy decides to pretend he cannot hear or speak. 20 years later, he is ready to break his silence. Subtitles: English.
