27 May 1979 Drama, TV Movie 96 mins
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 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
Frankie Hill as Ernestine
Ray Price as Black Giant
Pat Billingsley as Dr. Morris
James D. O'Reilly as Judge O'Mara
Tricia Borha as Mrs. Lang
Joseph Clark as Young David
Frank Perry Director
Ernest Tidyman Writer
Sam Manners Producer
Ernest Tidyman Producer
Gil Askey Original Music Composer
William J. Cassidy Art Direction
Gayne Rescher Director of Photography
Raphael Bretton Set Decoration
Vivian McRae Casting
Benjamin A. Weissman Editor
Donald R. Rode Editor
Frank Konigsberg Executive Producer
United States 27 May 1979
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A shot film submitted for the 5x8 Film Fest.
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25 May 1979
During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet.
12 April 1979
In the ravaged near-future, a savage motorcycle gang rules the road. Terrorizing innocent civilians while tearing up the streets, the ruthless gang laughs in the face of a police force hell-bent on stopping them.
25 August 1979
Taking the stage with the sun sinking in the West, Cheap Trick opened their Reading Festival appearance aptly with the raucous, quick-hittin' action of "Hello There", followed by the power pop rockin' "Come On, Come On".
19 May 1979
At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, "does not exist, nor will it ever exist.
22 June 1979
San Francisco Bay, January 18, 1960. Frank Lee Morris is transferred to Alcatraz, a maximum security prison located on a rocky island.
23 March 1979
A master thief returns home. There he is threatened with the gallows if he fails to solve the tasks set by the count.
01 January 1979
Three youngsters set out to unravel the mysteries of a strange castle at the edge of town. In the process they learn about self-esteem and acceptance.
14 August 1979
After the death of the paranoid emperor Tiberius, Caligula, his heir, seizes power and plunges the empire into a bloody spiral of madness and depravity.
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