Dummy
Dummy
Release: 1979-05-27
·Runtime: 96m
·★ 8.5
Drama
TV 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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Warner Bros. Television
The Königsberg Company
Cast
Paul Sorvino
as Lowell Myers
Pat Billingsley
as Dr. Morris
Holly Robinson Peete
as Genettia Lang
James Spinks
as Bar Patron
Rose Gregorio
as Jean Markin
Gregg Henry
as Assistant D.A. Smith
Steven Williams
as Julius Lang
Nathan Davis
as Cop
Paul Butler
as Sgt. Alonzo Hobbs
Brian Dennehy
as Ragoti
JoBe Cerny
as Bailiff
Jack Orend
as Weary Worker
Helen Martin
as Mrs. Harrod
Paul Cook
as Grand Jury Foreman
LeVar Burton
as Donald Lang
Ian Patrick Williams
as Court Clerk
