- Country: USA
- Genres: Comedy, Drama
- Release: 1997-11-23
- Director: John Kent Harrison
- Writers: G.D. Gearino , Robert W. Lenski
- Language: English
- Stars: Matthew Modine , Claire Bloom , Judith Ivey , James Earl Jones , Jerry O’Connell , Bernadette Peters , Tom Skerritt , Anne Bobby , Stephen Spinella , Jake Weber
- Runtime: 120 min
- Awards: Won 1 Primetime Emmy. 1 win & 8 nominations total
- AKA: Les secrets du silence (Canada) , Les secrets du silence (France, French Republic) , Что слышал глухой человек (Russian Federation) , La mentira del silencio (Spain) , Co usłyszał głuchy (Poland) , What the Deaf Man Heard (United States of America) , Hallmark Hall of Fame: What the Deaf Man Heard (#47.1) (United States of America) , What the Deaf Man Heard , Explosion des Schweigens (Germany) , Parole dal cuore (Italy)
- Plot: 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.
- IMDB:tt0120498
What the Deaf Man Heard Cast · · · ALL
John Kent Harrison
Director
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