Dummy (1979)

ALL 05/27/1979 (en) Drama, TV Movie 96 Min
  • Release
    05/27/1979
  • Production
    Warner Bros. Television, The Königsberg Company
  • Rotten tomato
    85%
  • Original title
    Dummy
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

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.

  1. Frank Perry

    Director

  2. Story



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Casts

  1. LeVar Burton

    Donald Lang

  2. Paul Sorvino

    Lowell Myers

  3. Brian Dennehy

    Ragoti

  4. Rose Gregorio

    Jean Markin

  5. Gregg Henry

    Assistant D.A. Smith

  6. Steven Williams

    Julius Lang

  7. Helen Martin

    Mrs. Harrod

  8. Jonathan Pilurs

    Det. Romain

  9. Paul Butler

    Sgt. Alonzo Hobbs

  10. Allen Hamilton

    Dr. Romney

  11. Frankie Hill

    Ernestine

  12. Ray Price

    Black Giant

  13. Pat Billingsley

    Dr. Morris

  14. James D. O'Reilly

    Judge O'Mara

  15. Tricia Borha

    Mrs. Lang

  16. Joseph Clark

    Young David

  17. Obilo

    Husband

  18. Richard Cosentino

    Dock Worker #1

  19. Jack Orend

    Weary Worker

  20. Wilbert Bradley

    Bartender

  21. Holly Robinson Peete

    Genettia Lang

  22. Ira Rogers

    Rev. Jamison

  23. Samantha McCoy

    Woman Expert

  24. Melody Robb

    Case Worker

  25. Bill Nigut

    Chief Orderly

  26. Nancy Baird

    Teacher

  27. Paul Preston

    Trustee #1

  28. Irma Riley

    Black Hooker

  29. James Spinks

    Bar Patron

  30. Frank Heinrich

    Male Resident

  31. JoBe Cerny

    Bailiff

  32. Nathan Davis

    Cop

  33. Burton Collins

    Orderly #2

  34. Yaumilton Brown

    Card Player

  35. Lorenzo Clemons

    Dock Worker #2

  36. J.J. Butler

    Jury Foreman

  37. Paul Cook

    Grand Jury Foreman

  38. Bernard Chestleigh

    Jail Guard

  39. Ian Patrick Williams

    Court Clerk

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 39 , Crews : 12

Keyword

Dummy (1979) 96 Min

ALL 05/27/1979 (en)
Drama, TV Movie
  • Release 05/27/1979
  • Production
    Warner Bros. Television, The Königsberg Company
  • Original title Dummy
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

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.

  1. Frank Perry

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Benjamin A. Weissman, Donald R. Rode

    Editor

  4. Sam Manners, Ernest Tidyman

    Producer