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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. The movie stars Matthew Modine and James Earl Jones and is based on the novel What the Deaf Mute Heard by G.D ...
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.
Charming fable about an orphan (Matthew Modine) who grows up in a small Georgia town pretending to be deaf. Jenkins: Tom Skerritt. Lucille: Judith Ivey. Helen: Bernadette Peters. Tolliver: Jake...
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.
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. In 1945, a young boy arrives in a small Georgia town on a bus from which his mother was abducted and murdered.
Sammy, a 10-year-old boy pretends to be a deaf mute after his mother abandons him at the Barrington, Georgia, bus station. There, he spends twenty-six years in secret silence, realizing the benefits of pretending he cannot hear or speak.
