Gideon's Trumpet
Summary:
In the tradition of his earlier work in Grapes of Wrath and Twelve Angry Men, Henry Fonda played another social-protest role in the Hallmark Hall of Fame TV presentation Gideon's Trumpet. Clarence Earl Gideon (Fonda) is a poor, ill-tempered Florida handyman who is arrested for petty larceny in 1961. Unable to afford a lawyer, Gideon is sentenced to five years in prison. Hi... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Henry Fonda - (Clarence Earl Gideon)
John Houseman - (Chief Justice)
José Ferrer - (Abe Fortas)
Fay Wray - (Edna Curtis)
Paul Benjamin - (Artis)
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Review:
Gideon's Trumpet is among the few films to treat the law as a serious subject. The real-life history behind this case is perhaps even more amazing than the film: occasional handy man and convicted petty thief Clarence Gideon sent a handwritten petition to the U.S. Supreme Court that forced a major, long-overdue change in the law. Unlike docudram... Continue >>
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