What the Deaf Man Heard

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.

What the Deaf Man Heard is a 1997 drama comedy movie directed by John Kent Harrison, starring James Earl Jones, Matthew Modine, Claire Bloom. It holds an IMDb rating of 7.1/10 from 1,432 votes and runs 1h 35m.