1. What the Deaf Man Heard (1997)
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 boy who pretends to be deaf and mute, when in reality he can hear and speak perfectly well. The movie starred Matthew Modine and James Earl Jones.
Release date: 1997-11-23
Season number: 47
Episode number: 1
Runtime: 120 minutes
Guest stars
James Earl Jones
as Archibald Thacker
Frankie Muniz
as Young Sammy
Hallee Hirsh
as Young Tallasse
Tom Skerritt
as Norm Jenkins
Matthew Modine
as Sammy Ayers
Bernadette Peters
as Helen Ayers
Jake Weber
as Tolliver Tynan
Stephen Spinella
as Percy
Lance Reddick
as George Thacker
Jerry O'Connell
as Reverend Perry Ray Pruitt
Judith Ivey
as Lucille
Claire Bloom
as Mrs. Tynan