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Gideon's Trumpet

04/30/1980

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1hr 44min

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Drama

,Crime

,History

,TV Movie

STORY

True story of Clarence Gideon's fight to be appointed counsel at the expense of the state. This landmark case led to the Supreme Court's decision which extended this right to all criminal defendants.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Henry Fonda
  • José Ferrer
  • John Houseman
  • Fay Wray
  • Dean Jagger

    Director

  • Robert L. Collins

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Gideon Productions
  • Worldvision Enterprises

    Production Countries

  • United States of America

LANGUAGES

  • German
  • English

Cast

Henry Fonda

Clarence Earl Gideon

José Ferrer

Abe Fortas

John Houseman

Chief Justice / Offscreen Narrator

Fay Wray

Edna Curtis

Dean Jagger

6th Supreme Court Justice

Sam Jaffe

1st Supreme Court Justice

Nicholas Pryor

Jacob

William Prince

5th Supreme Court Justice

Lane Smith

Fred Turner

Richard McKenzie

Judge Robert McCrary

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