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.
Fun facts
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Based on
Based on a true story
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Setting
Set in Illinois
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Ernest TidymanWriter
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- May 27, 1979
- Original language
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
Production
Cast
LeVar BurtonDonald Lang
Paul SorvinoLowell Myers
Brian DennehyRagoti
Rose GregorioJean Markin
Gregg HenryAssistant D.A. Smith
Steven WilliamsJulius Lang
Helen MartinMrs. Harrod- Jonathan PilursDet. Romain
Paul ButlerSgt. Alonzo Hobbs
Allen HamiltonDr. Romney- Frankie HillErnestine
- Ray PriceBlack Giant
Pat BillingsleyDr. Morris- James D. O'ReillyJudge O'Mara
- Tricia BorhaMrs. Lang
- Joseph ClarkYoung David
- ObiloHusband
- Richard CosentinoDock Worker #1
Jack OrendWeary Worker- Wilbert BradleyBartender
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