The Silent Hour Star Sandra Mae Frank on Becoming an Action Star as a Deaf Actor
Oct 13, 2024
Sandra Mae Frank gives an excellent performance in the tense action thriller The Silent Hour, and discusses working with Joel Kinnaman, her work as an advocate for the deaf community, and how she thinks they’ll appreciate the film, which is in theaters and on digital on Oct. 11, 2024, from Republic Pictures.
In The Silent Hour, a Boston detective returns to duty after an injury leaves him with permanent hearing loss. Tasked with interpreting for a deaf witness to a brutal gang murder, they find themselves cornered in a soon-to-be-condemned apartment building where the killers try to eliminate her.
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