Dead Silence

Dead Silence was released on January 11, 1997.

Dead Silence was directed by Daniel Petrie Jr..

Dead Silence has a runtime of 1h 45m.

Dead Silence was produced by John Kemeny.

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 FBIs hostage rescue team in their efforts to get the kids released without harm and also to capture the escapees. The children's teacher Melanie (Marlee Matlin), uses sign language to assist the agents in expediting surrender of the convicts.

The key characters in Dead Silence are John Potter (James Garner), Melanie Charrol (Marlee Matlin), Ted Handy (Kim Coates).

Dead Silence is rated R.

Dead Silence is an Action, Drama, Thriller film.

Dead Silence has an audience rating of 3.3 out of 10.