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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.
Director
Frank Perry
Production
Warner Bros. Television
Cast
LeVar Burton
Donald Lang
Paul Sorvino
Lowell Myers
Brian Dennehy
Ragoti
Rose Gregorio
Jean Markin
Gregg Henry
Assistant D.A. Smith
Steven Williams
Julius Lang
Helen Martin
Mrs. Harrod
J
Jonathan Pilurs
Det. Romain
Paul Butler
Sgt. Alonzo Hobbs
A
Allen Hamilton
Dr. Romney
