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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.
general audience, movie lovers
deaf man
United States of America
asSammy Ayers
asMrs. Tynan
asLucille
asArchibald Thacker
asReverend Perry Ray Pruitt
asHelen Ayers
asNorm Jenkins
asTallasse Tynan
asPercy
asTolliver Tynan
asYoung Sammy Ayers
asYoung Tallasse
asMyron
asGeorge Thacker
asAbraham Thacker
asRachel
asOfficer Harvey
asAttorney
asJudge
asProsecutor
asCourtroom Gallery
asClerk of Court
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