Dummy (1979)
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.
Drama
TV Movie
Cast & Crew
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
Paul Butler
Sgt. Alonzo Hobbs
Pat Billingsley
Dr. Morris
Jack Orend
Weary Worker
Holly Robinson Peete
Genettia Lang
James Spinks
Bar Patron
JoBe Cerny
Bailiff
Nathan Davis
Cop
Paul Cook
Grand Jury Foreman
Ian Patrick Williams
Court Clerk
Frank Perry
Director
Ernest Tidyman
Writer
Ernest Tidyman, Sam Manners
Producer
Frank Konigsberg
Executive Producer
