Overview
Verlin is 9 years old and does not talk, nor does he even seem to hear. Henry, a child-like adult, befriends Verlin and pulls him from his shell. Verlin's mother mistrusts Henry, who she feels is dangerous.
Cast
- Gary Farmer as Henry
- Keegan MacIntosh as Verlin
- Nancy Beatty as Minnie
- Robert Joy as Ferris
- Joan Orenstein as Agnes
- Eric Peterson as Lovejoy
- Margot Kidder as Mabel
- David Cronenberg as Doc Fisher
- J. Winston Carroll as Rev. Rutherford
- Wilfrid Bray as Elvin