Dummy
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88% Critic Match

Dummy

8.8 / 10 1979 1h 36mNR English
DramaTV Movie

Storyline

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 & Crew

LeVar Burton

LeVar Burton

Donald Lang

Lead
Paul Sorvino

Paul Sorvino

Lowell Myers

Brian Dennehy

Brian Dennehy

Ragoti

Rose Gregorio

Rose Gregorio

Jean Markin

Gregg Henry

Gregg Henry

Assistant D.A. Smith

Steven Williams

Steven Williams

Julius Lang

Helen Martin

Helen Martin

Mrs. Harrod

JP

Jonathan Pilurs

Det. Romain

What People Are Saying

5.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Frank Perry's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
4.0
Every frame feels alive. Dummy is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker