Dead Silence (1997 film)
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| Directed by | Daniel Petrie Jr. |
| Produced by | John Kemeny |
| Written by | Donald Stewart |
| Based on | A Maiden's Grave by Jeffery Deaver |
| Starring | James Garner, Marlee Matlin, Kim Coates |
| Music by | Jonathan Goldsmith |
| Cinematography | Thomas Burstyn |
| Edited by | Ronald Sanders |
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| Distributed by | HBO |
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January 11, 1997 |
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Running time
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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.
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