Dummy

Dummy (1979)


  • Genre: Drama, TV Movie
  • Release Date: 1979-05-27
  • User Rating: 8.5/10 from 2 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 36min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Warner Bros. Television
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Frank Perry
star 8.5/10
From 2 Ratings
7.2

Summary

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.

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  • LeVar Burton

    as Donald Lang

  • Paul Sorvino

    as Lowell Myers

  • Brian Dennehy

    as Ragoti

  • Rose Gregorio

    as Jean Markin

  • Gregg Henry

    as Assistant D.A. Smith

  • Steven Williams

    as Julius Lang

  • Helen Martin

    as Mrs. Harrod

  • Jonathan Pilurs

    as Det. Romain

  • Paul Butler

    as Sgt. Alonzo Hobbs

  • Allen Hamilton

    as Dr. Romney

  • Frankie Hill

    as Ernestine

  • Ray Price

    as Black Giant

  • Pat Billingsley

    as Dr. Morris

  • James D. O'Reilly

    as Judge O'Mara

  • Tricia Borha

    as Mrs. Lang

  • Joseph Clark

    as Young David

  • Obilo

    as Husband

  • Richard Cosentino

    as Dock Worker #1

  • Jack Orend

    as Weary Worker

  • Wilbert Bradley

    as Bartender

  • Holly Robinson Peete

    as Genettia Lang

  • Ira Rogers

    as Rev. Jamison

  • Samantha McCoy

    as Woman Expert

  • Melody Robb

    as Case Worker

  • Bill Nigut

    as Chief Orderly

  • Nancy Baird

    as Teacher

  • Paul Preston

    as Trustee #1

  • Irma Riley

    as Black Hooker

  • James Spinks

    as Bar Patron

  • Frank Heinrich

    as Male Resident

  • JoBe Cerny

    as Bailiff

  • Nathan Davis

    as Cop

  • Burton Collins

    as Orderly #2

  • Yaumilton Brown

    as Card Player

  • Lorenzo Clemons

    as Dock Worker #2

  • J.J. Butler

    as Jury Foreman

  • Paul Cook

    as Grand Jury Foreman

  • Bernard Chestleigh

    as Jail Guard

  • Ian Patrick Williams

    as Court Clerk
Directing Frank Perry Director
Writing Ernest Tidyman Writer
Sound Gil Askey Original Music Composer
Production Ernest Tidyman Producer
Production Sam Manners Producer
Production Frank Konigsberg Executive Producer
Camera Gayne Rescher Director of Photography
Editing Donald R. Rode Editor
Editing Benjamin A. Weissman Editor
Production Vivian McRae Casting
Art William J. Cassidy Art Direction
Art Raphael Bretton Set Decoration

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