
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

Matthew Modine
Sammy Ayers

Claire Bloom
Mrs. Tynan

Judith Ivey
Lucille

James Earl Jones
Archibald Thacker

Jerry O'Connell
Reverend Perry Ray Pruitt

Bernadette Peters
Helen Ayers

Tom Skerritt
Norm Jenkins

Anne Bobby
Tallasse Tynan

Stephen Spinella
Percy

Jake Weber
Tolliver Tynan

Frankie Muniz
Young Sammy Ayers

Hallee Hirsh
Young Tallasse
Jim Grollman
Myron

Lance Reddick
George Thacker

Teagle F. Bougere
Abraham Thacker
Karen Williams
Rachel
Terry Nienhuis
Officer Harvey

Mark Joy
Attorney

Danny Kamin
Judge

Bill Roberson
Prosecutor
K. Ryan Parker
Courtroom Gallery
Jemila Ericson
Clerk of Court
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