Dummy

Dummy (1979)

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.

Date de sortie
1979-05-27
TMDB
8.8 / 10 (4)
Durée
1 h 36 min
Genres
Drame, Téléfilm
Réalisateur
Frank Perry

Distribution

Anecdotes

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, an African–American deaf man who was charged with the murders of Ernestine Williams and Earline Brown, two prostitutes in Chicago, Illinois.

Production

Dummy was filmed completely in Chicago, Illinois in March 1979. Chicago locations in the film include Washington Park Homes, a Chicago Housing Authority public housing project at East 44th streets and South Cottage Grove Avenue, and Cook County Jail.

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