Dummy (1979)
With Paul Sorvino, LeVar Burton, Brian Dennehy, Gregg Henry, Holly Robinson Peete, Ian Patrick Williams
Directed by Frank Perry
Dummy is a 1979 American made-for-television docudrama film starring LeVar Burton and Paul Sorvino. Based on Ernest Tidyman's nonfiction book of the same name, the film dramatizes the life of Donald Lang (portrayed by Burton), an African–American deaf man who was charged with the murders of Ernestine Williams and Earline Brown, two prostitutes in Chicago, Illinois.
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