What the Deaf Man Heard 26 years old

For twenty years, he lived in silence. Now his heart needs to speak the truth.

What the Deaf Man Heard

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.

Credits

What the Deaf Man Heard Cast

Name Character
Tom Skerritt He was 64, now 90 years old as Norm Jenkins
James Earl Jones He was 66, now 93 years old as Archibald Thacker
Jake Weber He was 33, now 60 years old as Tolliver Tynan
Matthew Modine He was 38, now 65 years old as Sammy Ayers
Claire Bloom She was 66, now 93 years old as Mrs. Tynan
Frankie Muniz He was 11, now 38 years old as Young Sammy Ayers
Bernadette Peters She was 49, now 76 years old as Helen Ayers
Hallee Hirsh She was 9, now 36 years old as Young Tallasse
Judith Ivey She was 46, now 72 years old as Lucille
Stephen Spinella He was 41, now 67 years old as Percy
Anne Bobby She was 29, now 56 years old as Tallasse Tynan
Jerry O'Connell He was 23, now 50 years old as Reverend Perry Ray Pruitt

What the Deaf Man Heard Crew

Name Department
John Kent Harrison as Director. He was 44 (now 71) years old Directing
Robert W. Lenski as Teleplay. He was 71 (76) years old when He died Writing
What the Deaf Man Heard poster
What the Deaf Man Heard (26 years)

For twenty years, he lived in silence. Now his heart needs to speak the truth.

  • Release day: Sunday, November 23, 1997
  • Runtime: 120 minutes