To Kill A Mockingbird (1962)

large view Gregory Peck

  Directed by
Robert Mulligan

Writing credits
Harper Lee (novel)
Horton Foote (screenplay)

DRAMA

Based on Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize winning book of 1960. Atticus Finch is a lawyer in a racially divided Alabama town in the 1930s. He agrees to defend a young black man who is accused of raping a white woman. Many of the townspeople try to get Atticus to pull out of the trial, but he decides to go ahead. How will the trial turn out - and will it change any of the racial tension in the town ?

Cast overview, first billed only:   Gregory Peck .... Atticus Finch Child Actors:  Mary Badham ...  Scout Phillip Alford ...  Jem  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

Racial Tension at the time of the story (1930's)and occurring in the early 60’s with Civil Rights when the movie was made.

For content look to the following:

• the convictions and beliefs of the children
• the convictions and beliefs of the townspeople, especially those of Mr. Ewell.
• Atticus Finch's convictions and beliefs

Also remember who is referenced as the Mockingbird and how these all tie together.

Related info;

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large view	large view Robert Duvall in his debut as Boo Radley
large view Robert Duvall in SECOND HAND LIONS (2003)	large view
The Book	large view
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