Dummy

Dummy

1979
★★★★☆ 8.5/10
⏱️ 96 minutes
📅 Released
🌐 EN
DramaTV Movie
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.

Crew

Director
Frank Perry
Writer
Ernest Tidyman
Producer
Sam Manners, Ernest Tidyman, Frank Konigsberg

Production

Warner Bros. Television, The Königsberg Company

Keywords

based on true story