Dummy
movie

Released May 27, 1979
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.
Cast

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
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Jonathan Pilurs
as
Det. Romain

Paul Butler
as
Sgt. Alonzo Hobbs
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Allen Hamilton
as
Dr. Romney
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Frankie Hill
as
Ernestine
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Ray Price
as
Black Giant
Crew

Frank Perry
as
Director

Ernest Tidyman
as
Writer
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Gil Askey
as
Original Music Composer

Ernest Tidyman
as
Producer
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Sam Manners
as
Producer
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Frank Konigsberg
as
Executive Producer
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Gayne Rescher
as
Director of Photography
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Donald R. Rode
as
Editor
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Benjamin A. Weissman
as
Editor
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Vivian McRae
as
Casting
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William J. Cassidy
as
Art Direction
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Raphael Bretton
as
Set Decoration