DramaTV Movie
Dummy
User Score2 votes
85%8.5/10
Release1979→
Runtime1H 36M
LanguageEnglish
StatusReleased
Synopsis
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.
Principal Cast8
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
Helen Martin
Mrs. Harrod
Jonathan Pilurs
Det. Romain
Media2
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Director
Frank Perry
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Keywords
based on true story
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Countries:United States of America
Production:Warner Bros. TelevisionThe Königsberg Company