• StatusReleased
  • Release Date1979-05-27
  • Runtime96 minutes
  • TaglineNot Available
  • RevenueNot Available
  • GenreDrama, TV Movie
  • Production
    CompaniesWarner Bros. Television, The Königsberg Company
  • BudgetNot Available

Movie 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.

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LeVar Burton

Paul Sorvino

Brian Dennehy

Rose Gregorio

Gregg Henry

Steven Williams

Helen Martin

Paul Butler

Pat Billingsley

Jack Orend

Holly Robinson Peete

James Spinks

Nathan Davis

Paul Cook

Ian Patrick Williams