Dummy

Dummy (1979)

May 27th, 19791h 36min

Drama, TV Movie
85%

Overview

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.


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