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