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Dummy (1979)
Directed by Frank Perry
Drama, TV Movie · 1h 36m
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.
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
J
Jonathan Pilurs
Det. Romain
Paul Butler
Sgt. Alonzo Hobbs
Allen Hamilton
Dr. Romney
F
Frankie Hill
Ernestine
R
Ray Price
Black Giant
Crew
- Director
- Frank Perry
- Writer
- Ernest Tidyman
- Director of Photography
- Gayne Rescher
- Original Music Composer
- Gil Askey
- Editor
- Benjamin A. Weissman, Donald R. Rode
- Producer
- Ernest Tidyman, Sam Manners
Details
- Release date
- 1979-05-27
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Genres
- Drama, TV Movie
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Warner Bros. Television, The Königsberg Company