Dummy
1979•1h 36m•8.8•Released
DramaTV Movie
The real-life account of an illiterate, deaf-and-mute, black youth who was accused of murdering a prostitute, and the relationship that developed between him and his court-appointed attorney, who also was deaf, and the events leading up to his precedent-setting trial.
Director
Frank Perry
Writer
Ernest Tidyman
Languages
English
Studio
Warner Bros. Television
Cast
LeVar Burton
Donald Lang
Paul Sorvino
Lowell Myers
Brian Dennehy
Ragoti
Rose Gregorio
Jean Markin
Gregg Henry
Assistant D.A. Smith
Steven Williams
Julius Lang
Helen Martin
Mrs. Harrod
Jonathan Pilurs
Det. Romain
Paul Butler
Sgt. Alonzo Hobbs
Allen Hamilton
Dr. Romney
Frankie Hill
Ernestine
Ray Price
Black Giant
Pat Billingsley
Dr. Morris
James D. O'Reilly
Judge O'Mara
Tricia Borha
Mrs. Lang
Production
Company
Warner Bros. Television
Company
The Königsberg Company
Producer
Ernest Tidyman
Producer
Sam Manners
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