Gideon's Trumpet
1980 · Movie · 103 min · ★ 6.4
The story of Clarence Earl Gideon (Henry Fonda) and his fight for the right to have publicly funded legal counsel for the needy.
Based on Gideon's Trumpet
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Details
- Years
- 1980
- Release date
- 1980-04-30
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 103 min
- TMDB rating
- 6.4/10 (12 votes)
Themes
- prison
- oldtimer
Cast & crew
Henry Fonda
as Clarence Earl Gideon
José Ferrer
as Abe Fortas
John Houseman
as Chief Justice / Offscreen Narrator
Fay Wray
as Edna Curtis
Dean Jagger
as 6th Supreme Court Justice
Sam Jaffe
as 1st Supreme Court Justice
Nicholas Pryor
as Jacob
William Prince
as 5th Supreme Court Justice
Lane Smith
as Fred Turner
Richard McKenzie
as Judge Robert McCrary
Directed by Robert L. Collins