Release Date

01 Jan, 1999

Runtime

01:30: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

A story of a young boy who becomes an elective mute after witnessing what he believes to be the killing by his older brother of a teenage boy. The young boy's brother then tells him not to say anything because of the trouble it would cause in the family... so he doesn't say anything again. The problem is that the young boy so enjoys his acceptance by others of his mutism that it brings his family, a loving and caring farm family, to the brink of financial ruin in medical and psychological costs to cure him. Based on a true story, this is the intelligent telling of a family in crisis, and the work of doctors in dealing with this mental illness.

Original Title

Locked in Silence

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Actors

Bonnie Bedelia

Bruce Davison

Dan Hedaya

Marc Donato

Bill Switzer

Steven McCarthy

Helen Hughes

Ron White

Rebecca Johnson

Cody Jones

Kyle Fairlie

Kenner Ames

Ron Gabriel

Dorothy Gordon

Don Allison

Craig Eldridge

Karen Robinson

Guy Sanvido

Randall Ray Pybas

Alison Pill

Auston Clark

Crew

Bruce Pittman

Dalene Young

David A. Simons

David A. Simons

Michael Storey

Clare Walker

Rolf Harvey

Gordon McClellan

Beth Klein

Gary Chang

Judith England