Gregory Peck won an Oscar for his brilliant performance as the Southern lawyer who defends a black man accused of rape in this film version of the Pulitzer Prize winning novel. The setting is a dusty Southern town during the Depression. A white woman accuses a black man of rape. Though he is obviously innocent, the outcome of his trial is such a foregone conclusion that no lawyer will step forward to defend him - except Peck, the town's most distinguished citizen. His compassionate defense costs him many friendships but earns him the respect and admiration of his two motherless children.
Directed by
Robert Mulligan
Written by
Harper Lee (novel) & Horton Foote (screenplay)
Starring
Gregory Peck (Atticus Finch); John Megna (Charles Baker 'Dill' Harris); Frank Overton (Sheriff Heck Tate); Rosemary Murphy (Maudie Atkinson); Ruth White (Mrs. Dubose); Brock Peters (Tom Robinson); Estelle Evans (Calpurnia); Paul Fix (Judge Taylor); Collin Wilcox Paxton (Mayella Violet Ewell (as Collin Wilcox)); James Anderson (Robert E. Lee 'Bob' Ewell); Alice Ghostley (Aunt Stephanie Crawford); Robert Duvall (Arthur 'Boo' Radley); William Windom (Mr. Gilmer, Prosecutor); Crahan Denton (Walter Cunningham Sr.); Richard Hale (Nathan Radley). Please contact SFC to add other cast members and characters.
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