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Dummy

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Producing House

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.

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 1979-05-27

Runtime: 96 mins

Director: Frank Perry

Writer: Ernest Tidyman

Spoken language: English

Genres: Drama, TV Movie

Original title: Dummy

Production Companies: Warner Bros. Television, The Königsberg Company

Production Countries: United States of America

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