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What the Deaf Man Heard
What the Deaf Man Heard is a 1997 American comedy-dramatelevision film directed by John Kent Harrison, written by Robert W. Lenski, and starring Matthew Modine and James Earl Jones. Based on the 1996 novel by G. D. Gearino, the film is about a man who pretends to be deaf-mute, becoming the keeper of a small town's secrets. It aired on CBS on November 23, 1997, as an episode of Hallmark Hall of Fame.