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
George Thacker
Abraham Thacker
Officer Harvey
Attorney
Prosecutor
Courtroom Gallery
Clerk of Court
Archibald Thacker
Reverend Perry Ray Pruitt
Norm Jenkins
Tallasse Tynan
Tolliver Tynan

Crew