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.
Frank Perry | Director |
Ernest Tidyman | Writer |
Gil Askey | Original Music Composer |
Ernest Tidyman | Producer |
Sam Manners | Producer |
Frank Konigsberg | Executive Producer |
Gayne Rescher | Director of Photography |
Donald R. Rode | Editor |
Benjamin A. Weissman | Editor |
Vivian McRae | Casting |