“A father must expose his children to a small town's outraged passions… and can only protect them with his love.”
Scout Finch, 6, and her older brother Jem live in sleepy Maycomb, Alabama, spending much of their time with their friend Dill and spying on their reclusive and mysterious neighbor, Boo Radley. When Atticus, their widowed father and a respected lawyer, defends a black man named Tom Robinson against fabricated rape charges, the trial and tangent events expose the children to evils of racism and stereotyping.
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Cast & Crew
Gregory Peck
Atticus Finch
Mary Badham
Scout Finch
Phillip Alford
Jem
John Megna
Dill Harris
Frank Overton
Sheriff Heck Tate
Brock Peters
Tom Robinson
Rosemary Murphy
Maudie Atkinson
Ruth White
Mrs. Dubose
Estelle Evans
Calpurnia
Paul Fix
Judge Taylor
Collin Wilcox Paxton
Mayella Violet Ewell
James Anderson
Bob Ewell
Alice Ghostley
Aunt Stephanie Crawford
Robert Duvall
Boo Radley
William Windom
Mr. Gilmer
Crahan Denton
Walter Cunningham Sr.
Richard Hale
Nathan Radley
R. L. Armstrong
Man (uncredited)
Walter Bacon
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Eddie Baker
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Bobby Barber
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
John Barton
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Audrey Betz
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Danny Borzage
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
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Reviews & Thoughts
If you like children's story, you would love this movie about how the world is shaped from their eyes. If you don't ... you may find some entertainment in the picture of Southern US and the racial fight that was taking place at the time ...
The part Gregory Peck played in this was reportedly his most favorite role. And he does a marvelous job of it too, as Atticus Finch, the Southern lawyer who agrees to take on the case of a black man falsely accused of rape. The story, from Harper Lee's classic novel, is in itself wonderful. It's filled with brilliant and iconic sequences, just a couple memorable ones being the dramatic courtroom scenes where Finch tries his best to make the prejudiced townsfolk see sense, and the intriguing side-plot of his children's growing curiosity and involvement with their eccentric, hermit-like neighbor that no one's ever actually seen. He is, of course, Arthur (Boo) Radley, played by none other than Robert Duvall in his feature film debut. Would I recommend? Yes, without a doubt, to anyone and everyone who knows how to enjoy a great film.
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