To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
129 min - Drama - 16 March 1963 (USA)Atticus Finch, a lawyer in the Depression-era South, defends a black man against an undeserved rape charge, and his kids against prejudice.
Director: Robert Mulligan
Writers: Harper Lee (based on her novel "To Kill a Mockingbird"), Horton Foote (screenplay)
Stars: Gregory Peck, John Megna, Frank Overton | See full cast and crew »
Storyline
Based on Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize winning book of 1961. Atticus Finch is a lawyer in a racially divided Alabama town in the 1930s. He agrees to defend a young black man who is accused of raping a white woman. Many of the townspeople try to get Atticus to pull out of the trial, but he decides to go ahead. How will the trial turn out - and will it change any of the racial tension in the town ? Written by Colin Tinto <cst@imdb.com>Plot Summary | Plot Synopsis
