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Dummy (1979)
Directed by Frank Perry
Overview
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.
Length 96 minutes
Actors
LeVar Burton | Paul Sorvino | Brian Dennehy | Rose Gregorio | Gregg Henry | Steven Williams | Helen Martin | Jonathan Pilurs | Paul Butler | Allen Hamilton | Frankie Hill | Ray Price | Pat Billingsley | James D. O'Reilly | Tricia Borha | Joseph Clark | Obilo | Richard Cosentino | Jack Orend | Wilbert Bradley | Holly Robinson Peete | Ira Rogers | Samantha McCoy | Melody Robb | Bill Nigut | Nancy Baird | Paul Preston | Irma Riley | James Spinks | Frank Heinrich | JoBe Cerny | Nathan Davis | Burton Collins | Yaumilton Brown | Lorenzo Clemons | J.J. Butler | Paul Cook | Bernard Chestleigh | Ian Patrick Williams