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Dummy is a 1979 American television film starring LeVar Burton as Donald Lang and Paul Sorvino as Lowell Meyers, Lang's attorney. Based on Ernest Tidyman's nonfiction book of the same name, the film dramatizes the life of Lang, an African-American deaf man from Chicago who was acquitted of the murders of two prostitutes.
Original Release
05/27/1979
US Release
05/27/1979
Cast
Name | Character |
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Paul Sorvino | Lowell Myers |
LeVar Burton | Donald Lang |
Brian Dennehy | Ragoti |
Rose Gregorio | Jean Markin |
Gregg Henry | Assistant D.A. Smith |
Steven Williams | Julius Lang |
Helen Martin | Mrs. Harrod |
Jonathan Pilurs | Detective Romain / Det. Romain |
Paul Butler | Sergeant Alonzo Hobbs / Sgt. Alonzo Hobbs |
Allen Hamilton | Dr. Romney |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Paul Sorvino | Lowell Myers |
LeVar Burton | Donald Lang |
Brian Dennehy | Ragoti |
Rose Gregorio | Jean Markin |
Gregg Henry | Assistant D.A. Smith |
Steven Williams | Julius Lang |
Helen Martin | Mrs. Harrod |
Jonathan Pilurs | Detective Romain / Det. Romain |
Paul Butler | Sergeant Alonzo Hobbs / Sgt. Alonzo Hobbs |
Allen Hamilton | Dr. Romney |
Frankie Hill | Ernestine |
Ray Price | Black Giant |
Pat Billingsley | Dr. Morris |
James D. O'Reilly | Judge O'Mara |
Tricia Borha | Mrs. Lang |
Joseph Clark | Young David |
Obilo | Husband |
Richard Cosentino | Dock Worker #1 |
Jack Orend | Weary Worker |
Wilbert Bradley | Bartender |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Frank Konigsberg | Executive Producer |
Ernest Tidyman | Producer |
Sam Manners | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1979 | Emmy | Outstanding Drama or Comedy Special | Nominated |