What the deaf man heard [videorecording] / Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions ; executive producers, Richard Welsh and Brent Shields ; directed by John Kent Harrison ; written by Robert W. Lenski.
Originally shown on television. Based on the novel, What the deaf mute heard by G.D. Gearino. Matthew Modine, James Earl Jones, Claire Boom, Judith Ivey, Jerry O'Connell, Bernadette Peters, Tom Skerritt.
Summary:
After his mother dissapears, Sammy (Modine) shuts himself off from the world pretending to neither hear nor speak. Taken in by a waitress (Ivey) and befriended by the bus station manager (Skerritt) he keeps his silence for twenty years until he discovers a plot that would harm the town and enlists the local trash hauler (Jones) to turn the tables.
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