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What the Deaf Man Heard. 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 ...
Nov 23, 1997 · A TV movie about a boy who fakes deafness and mutehood to survive in a small town. See cast, crew, plot, reviews, trivia, awards and more on IMDb.
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- Comedy, Drama
- John Kent Harrison
- 1997-11-23
Find out who starred in the 1997 TV movie based on the novel by G.D. Gearino. See the full list of actors, directors, writers, producers and more on IMDb.
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. 759 IMDb 7.0 1 h 38 min 1997. X-Ray PG.
Hallmark Hall of Fame. A man breaks his silence after 20 years to speak out against injustice.
- 98 min
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Synopsis. 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 ...
- 90 min
Summaries. 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. Alone he sits quietly and everyone becomes convinced ...
