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Dummy (1979)

Movie
Audience Score
85
Dummy
NR 1 hr 36 minMay 27th, 1979Drama, 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.
StarringLeVar BurtonPaul SorvinoBrian Dennehy
DirectorFrank Perry
WriterErnest Tidyman

Movie Details

Original Language:English
Executive Producers:Frank Konigsberg
Production Companies:Warner Bros. Television, The Königsberg Company
Movie Tags:
based on true story