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Genre: Comedy / Drama /  more » Awards: Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 6 nominations  more » User Ratings: 6.9 (631 votes)  more »   Production Co: FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Distributor: FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Summary: 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.  more »

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Filmmakers: John Kent Harrison - Director, G.D. Gearino - Writer (novel "What the Deaf Mute Heard"), Robert W. Lenski - Writer (teleplay), Eric Van Haren Noman - Cinematographer, J.A.C. Redford - Composer, Veronica Hadfield - Production Designer, Jim Oliver - Editor  more »

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