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What the Deaf Man Heard is a 1997 Hallmark Hall of Fame television movie that aired on CBS television on November 23, 1997. It concerns Sammy, a man who pretends to be deaf and mute, when in reality he can hear and speak perfectly well.
Nov 23, 1997 · A 1997 TV movie starring Matthew Modine as a boy who fakes deafness and muteism to survive in a small town. The movie won a Primetime Emmy and has 7.0/10 rating on IMDb.
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.
A movie about a man who pretends to be deaf-mute to hide his own secret. Read the plot summary, cast, ratings and reviews from critics and audiences on Rotten Tomatoes.
Arriving in a new town, a child pretends to be deaf-mute to protect himself - a ruse which works so well that for twenty years he is custodian to all the town's secrets. In 1945, a young boy arrives in a small Georgia town on a bus from which his mother was abducted and murdered.
After 20 years of pretending not to be able to hear or speak, a man breaks his silence to get revenge on the man who made his life miserable. Stars Matthew Modine, James Earl Jones, Bernadette Peters, and Frankie Muniz.
Sammy, a 10-year-old boy pretends to be a deaf mute after his mother abandons him at the Barrington, Georgia, bus station. There, he spends twenty-six years in secret silence, realizing the benefits of pretending he cannot hear or speak.
