Dead Silence (1997 film)
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| Dead Silence (1997 film) | |
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| Directed by | Daniel Petrie Jr. |
| Written by | Donald Stewart |
| Produced by | John Kemeny |
| Starring | James Garner, Marlee Matlin, Kim Coates |
| Cinematography | Thomas Burstyn |
| Edited by | Ronald Sanders |
| Music by | Jonathan Goldsmith |
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| Distributed by | HBO |
Release date | January 11, 1997 |
Running time | 99 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Dead Silence is a 1997 made-for-TV thriller based upon the Jeffery Deaver novel A Maiden's Grave. The plot of the book and the film, based upon a true incident, revolved around a group of eight deaf students and their two teachers, who are captured and held hostage by three escaped felons. The TV film starred James Garner as FBI hostage negotiator John Potter, Marlee Matlin as hostage teacher Melanie Charrol and Kim Coates as hostage-taker Theodore "Ted" Handy.
External links
- Dead Silence at IMDb
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