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Dead Silence

1 hr 35 min

Action

1997

U/A 16+

Three escaped convicts from prison take a group of deaf students hostage and hold them captive to keep the authorities at bay. FBI agent John Potter (James Garner) leads the FBI's hostage rescue team in their efforts to get the kids released without harm and also to capture the escapees. The children's teacher Melanie uses sign language to assist the agents in expediting surrender of the convicts.

Cast

James Garner, Kim Coates, Charles Martin Smith, Kenneth Welsh, James Villemaire, Gary Basaraba