Locked in Silence
Locked in Silence
Release: 1999-01-01
·Runtime: 90m
·★ 5.7
Drama
TV Movie
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Cast
Bill Switzer
as John
Ron White
as Sheriff Haynes
Alison Pill
as Lacey
Bruce Davison
as Jim
Cody Jones
as Bully #1
Ron Gabriel
as Dr. Kerry
Karen Robinson
as Psychologist
Steven McCarthy
as Jamie
Dorothy Gordon
as Miss Catalain
Scott Wickware
as Sheriff Deputy
Rebecca Johnson
as Beth Ann
Marc Donato
as Stephen
Bonnie Bedelia
as Lydia
Craig Eldridge
as Hawley Adams
Elle Downs
as Psych Nurse
Dan Hedaya
as Dr. Rosenstock
