Dummy (1979)
1h 36m
Running Time
May 27, 1979Release Date
Dummy (1979)
1h 36m
Running Time
May 27, 1979Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
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.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Paul Sorvino
Lowell Myers
LeVar Burton
Donald Lang
Brian Dennehy
Ragoti
Rose Gregorio
Jean Markin
Gregg Henry
Assistant D.A. Smith
Frank Perry
Director
Steven Williams
Julius Lang
Ernest Tidyman
Writer
Helen Martin
Mrs. Harrod
Sam Manners
Producer
Jonathan Pilurs
Det. Romain
Paul Butler
Sgt. Alonzo Hobbs
Gil Askey
Composer
Allen Hamilton
Dr. Romney
Gayne Rescher
Cinematographer
Frankie Hill
Ernestine
Donald R. Rode
Editor
Ray Price
Black Giant
Pat Billingsley
Dr. Morris
James D. O'Reilly
Judge O'Mara
Tricia Borha
Mrs. Lang
Joseph Clark
Young David
Obilo
Husband
Richard Cosentino
Dock Worker #1
Jack Orend
Weary Worker
Wilbert Bradley
Bartender
Holly Robinson Peete
Genettia Lang
Ira Rogers
Rev. Jamison
Samantha McCoy
Woman Expert
Melody Robb
Case Worker
Bill Nigut
Chief Orderly
Nancy Baird
Teacher
Paul Preston
Trustee #1
Irma Riley
Black Hooker
James Spinks
Bar Patron
Frank Heinrich
Male Resident
JoBe Cerny
Bailiff
Nathan Davis
Cop
Burton Collins
Orderly #2
Yaumilton Brown
Card Player
Details.
Wiki.
Dummy is a 1979 American made-for-television docudrama film starring LeVar Burton and Paul Sorvino. Based on Ernest Tidyman's nonfiction book of the same name, the film dramatizes the life of Donald Lang (portrayed by Burton), an African–American deaf man who was acquitted of the murders of two prostitutes in Chicago, Illinois.