What the Deaf Man Heard

The story

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 & crew

Matthew ModineSammy Ayers

Claire BloomMrs. Tynan

Judith IveyLucille

James Earl JonesArchibald Thacker

Jerry O'ConnellReverend Perry Ray Pruitt

Bernadette PetersHelen Ayers

Tom SkerrittNorm Jenkins

Anne BobbyTallasse Tynan

Stephen SpinellaPercy

Jake WeberTolliver Tynan

Frankie MunizYoung Sammy Ayers

Hallee HirshYoung Tallasse