Dummy

May. 27,1979      
Rating:
7.2
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

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
Paul Butler as  Sgt. Alonzo Hobbs
Pat Billingsley as  Dr. Morris
Jack Orend as  Weary Worker

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