
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.

as Sammy Ayers

as Mrs. Tynan

as Lucille

as Archibald Thacker

as Reverend Perry Ray Pruitt

as Helen Ayers

as Norm Jenkins

as Tallasse Tynan

as Percy

as Tolliver Tynan

as Young Sammy Ayers

as Young Tallasse

as Myron

as George Thacker

as Abraham Thacker

as Rachel

as Officer Harvey

as Attorney

as Judge

as Prosecutor

as Courtroom Gallery

as Clerk of Court