What the Deaf Man Heard (1997)
Comedy
Drama
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
Sammy Ayers
Mrs. Tynan
Young Sammy Ayers
Young Tallasse
Myron
George Thacker
Abraham Thacker
Rachel
Officer Harvey
Attorney
Judge
Prosecutor
Lucille
Courtroom Gallery
Clerk of Court
Archibald Thacker
Reverend Perry Ray Pruitt
Helen Ayers
Norm Jenkins
Tallasse Tynan
Percy
Tolliver Tynan