Dummy

Name: Dummy
Director: Frank Perry
Genre: Drama, TV Movie
Released: 1979-05-27
Rating: 8.8
Cast: LeVar Burton, Paul Sorvino, Brian Dennehy, Rose Gregorio, Gregg Henry

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.