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What the Deaf Man Heard (1997)

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Film details

Featuring

Matthew Modine Claire Bloom Judith Ivey
Director

John Kent Harrison
Country

USA
Year

1997
Type

Television

Synopsis

Drama. Helen, a single mother boards a bus for Barrington, Georgia with her ten-year-old son Sammy. Warning him not to say a word, she gets off at a stop to stretch her legs and never reappears. Sleeping Sammy is carried on to Barrington alone. The bus station manager takes pity on him, thinking he is deaf and, together with the next door cafe owner, decides to look after him. Growing up, Sammy still does not utter a word and becomes the confidant of various Barrington residents.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Sammy
    
    Matthew Modine
  - Tynan
    
    Claire Bloom
  - Lucille
    
    Judith Ivey
  - Thacker
    
    James Earl Jones
  - Rev Pruitt
    
    Jerry O'Connell
  - Helen
    
    Bernadette Peters
  - Norm
    
    Tom Skerritt
  - Tallasse
    
    Anne Bobby
  - cast member
    
    Stephen Spinella
  - Tolliver
    
    Jake Weber
  - Sammy as a young boy
    
    Frankie Muniz
  - cast member
    
    Andy Stahl
  - cast member
    
    Tyler Noyes
  - cast member
    
    Hallee Hirsh
  - cast member
    
    Teagle F. Bougere
  - cast member
    
    Lance Reddick
  - cast member
    
    Dan Kamin
  - cast member
    
    Patrick Garner
  - cast member
    
    Mary Lucy Bivins
  - cast member
    
    Patt Noday
  - cast member
    
    Terry Nienhuis
  - cast member
    
    Lorri Lindberg
  - cast member
    
    J.R. Horne
  - cast member
    
    Karen Williams
Credits
- Direction:
  - Director
    
    John Kent Harrison
  Production:
  - Production Company
    
    Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions
  - Executive Producer
    
    Richard Welsh
  - Co-executive producer
    
    Brent Shields
  - Supervising producer
    
    Tom Luse
  Casting:
  - Casting
    
    Lynn Kressel
  Writing:
  - Screenplay
    
    Robert W. Lenski
  - Author of the Original Work
    
    G. D. Gearino
  Photography:
  - Photography
    
    Eric van Haren Noman
  Editing:
  - Editor
    
    Jim Oliver
  Design:
  - Production Designer
    
    Veronica Hadfield
  - Art Director
    
    Linwood Taylor
  Music:
  - Music
    
    J.A.C. Redford
  Sound:
  - Sound
    
    Steven R. Smith

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