Dummy 1979

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
Donald Lang 

Paul Sorvino
Lowell Myers 

Brian Dennehy
Ragoti 

Rose Gregorio
Jean Markin 

Gregg Henry
Assistant D.A. Smith 

Steven Williams
Julius Lang