Dummy is a 1979 American made-for-television docudrama film starring LeVar Burton and Paul Sorvino.

[1] Based on Ernest Tidyman's nonfiction book of the same name, the film dramatizes the life of Donald Lang (portrayed by Burton), an African–American deaf man who was acquitted of the murders of two prostitutes in Chicago, Illinois.

He has a loving mother who struggles to give him as normal an upbringing as possible and a brother and sister who are supportive as well.

Despite his disability, he finds employment on the loading docks of Chicago and wins the respect of his fellow workers.

[citation needed] Chicago locations in the film includes, Washington Park Homes, a Chicago Housing Authority public housing project at East 44th streets and South Cottage Grove Avenue and Cook County Jail.