Gideon's Trumpet
by Robert L. Collins
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Actor: Fay Wray, Henry Fonda, John Houseman, José Ferrer, Sam JaffeDirector: Robert L. Collins
Brand: Acorn
Producer: John Houseman
Cinematographer: Donald H. Birnkrant
Editor: Frank Bracht
Producer: David W. Rintels
Writer: David W. Rintels
Producer: Robert H. Justman
Writer: Anthony Lewis
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 104 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-08-28
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Acorn Media
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DVD Review: but he didn't do this one
Summary: 3 Stars
An old felon is taken as the one who robbed the pool hall
for petty cash and beer and wine by breaking and entering.
He is sent to prison for five years after asking the court to appoint a lawyer
and being refused. In current terms he would have been confined for life as it was his
fifth felon conviction since he was 14 and broke into a store to get warm clothes
in winter.
This story is a strange one and it appears some young felons had named him patsy
for this crime. After two years in prison he was lucky enough to be chosen as a constitutional
law test case.
Even more lucky than that, his lawyer won.
In the retrial his conviction was reversed,
because it seems that he sometimes ran the pool hall
and had a set of keys.
This movie was one of Henry Fonda's last roles and it showed his liberal
life's work to a good light.
Description of Gideon's Trumpet
Henry Fonda stars in a Hallmark Hall of Fame classic seen on CBSIn one of the finest and final performances of his distinguished career, Henry Fonda portrays Clarence Gideon, the destitute prisoner whose handwritten plea for justice changed the course of American legal history. Based on the book by Pulitzer Prize-winning author and journalist Anthony Lewis, Gideon?s Trumpet tells the remarkable human story behind the landmark "right to counsel" Supreme Court case.
Nominated for three Emmys® and winner of the prestigious Peabody Award, this powerful Hallmark Hall of Fame drama also features Oscar®- and Tony®-winner José Ferrer (Cyrano de Bergerac, The Caine Mutiny) as Abe Fortas, Oscar®-winner John Houseman (The Paper Chase, Rollerball) as Chief Justice Earl Warren, and Fay Wray (King Kong) in her final screen performance.
"Ranks with the best films of the early 1980s" -- All Movie Guide.
DVD SPECIAL FEATURES INCLUDE insert with production notes by Anthony Lewis and cast filmographies.
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