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Gideon's Trumpet

Gideon's Trumpet

Gideon's Trumpet

1980
Drama
TV Movie
1h 44m
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. (imdb)

Directed by:

Robert L. Collins
Robert-L-Collins
8 total credits
Credits include: Gideon's Trumpet, Walk Proud, In the Arms of a Killer and Savage Harvest

Writers:

David W. Rintels
David-W-Rintels
10 total credits
Credits include: Nuremberg, Scorpio, Andersonville, Gideon's Trumpet and Day One
,
Anthony Lewis
Anthony-Lewis
2 total credits
Credits include: Gideon's Trumpet and The Great American Girl Robbery

Starring:

Allan Rich
Allan-Rich
21 total credits
Credits include: Highlander II: The Quickening, Wish I Was Here, The Entity, Eating Raoul and The Frisco Kid
,
José Ferrer
Jos-Ferrer
72 total credits
Credits include: Dune, A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy, The Caine Mutiny, To Be or Not to Be and Moulin Rouge
,
Paul Benjamin
Paul-Benjamin
18 total credits
Credits include: Do the Right Thing, Escape from Alcatraz, The Station Agent, The Anderson Tapes and Across 110th Street
,
Henry Fonda
Henry-Fonda
119 total credits
Henry Jaynes Fonda was an American film and stage actor. Fonda made his mark early as a Broadway actor. He also appeared in 1938 in plays performed in White Plains, New York, with Joan Tompkins. He made his Hollywood debut in 1935, and his career gained momentum after his Academy Award-nominated performance as Tom Joad in The Grapes of Wrath, a 1940 adaptation of John Steinbeck's novel about an Oklahoma family who moved west during the Dust Bowl. Throughout six decades in Hollywood...(Wikipedia)
,
Fay Wray
Fay-Wray
69 total credits
Credits include: King Kong, The Most Dangerous Game, Mystery of the Wax Museum, Doctor X and The Wedding March
,
Sam Jaffe
Sam-Jaffe
30 total credits
Credits include: Ben-Hur, The Day the Earth Stood Still, The Asphalt Jungle, Bedknobs and Broomsticks and Gentleman's Agreement
,
Dean Jagger
Dean-Jagger
92 total credits
Credits include: Bad Day at Black Rock, Vanishing Point, White Christmas, Game of Death and Alligator
,
John Houseman
John-Houseman
30 total credits
Credits include: Citizen Kane, The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!, Scrooged, The Fog and 3 Days of the Condor
,
Nicholas Pryor
Nicholas-Pryor
24 total credits
Credits include: Risky Business, Damien: Omen II, Less Than Zero, Brain Dead and Buster's Mal Heart
,
William Prince
William-Prince
24 total credits
Credits include: Network, Family Plot, The Gauntlet, Dead Reckoning and Sybil
,
Jerry Hardin
Jerry-Hardin
23 total credits
Credits include: Cujo, The Hot Spot, Honkytonk Man, Blaze and Little Nikita
,
Ford Rainey
Ford-Rainey
34 total credits
American character actor of stage, films, and television. A native of Idaho, Rainey was the son of a colorful character who was, among many other things, a champion of local dance contests. As a boy, Rainey was painfully shy, but found an outlet in school plays. He pursued stage work in regional companies, then went to New York to study with the legendary Michael Chekhov. He worked numerous "civilian" jobs while attempting to make a career as an actor, including work as a logger, a lineman, and

Genre:

Drama

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Gideon's Trumpet

1980
Drama
TV Movie
1h 44m
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Ratings & Reviews

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Average Percentile: 48.82%
29 Jul 2020
84
89th
I didn't watch this movie in high school and I did enjoy it thoroughly, so I guess this movie should be banned from high schools or something? Jokes aside, it's simultaneously subtle and gripping. Henry Fonda is a joy to watch, and I have a feeling his performance inspired Mark Rylance's turn in Bridge of Spies.
03 Oct 2015
55
35th
Henry Fonda is worth seeing in this movie you probably remember clips from in high school, but the movie itself isn't good at all. Shoddy acting and a slow plot that never picks up leave this movie feeling like somebody pitched it too damn well. Oh well, its not a total waste of time but all you can really say is that it was good for Henry Fonda.
13 Jun 2010
2
15th
I totally watched this in high school. It was better than doing work, I guess.
05 Sep 2009
74
50th
Not exactly a great film, but the true story is worth learning about.

Cast & Info

Directed by:

Robert L. Collins
Robert-L-Collins
8 total credits
Credits include: Gideon's Trumpet, Walk Proud, In the Arms of a Killer and Savage Harvest

Writers:

David W. Rintels
David-W-Rintels
10 total credits
Credits include: Nuremberg, Scorpio, Andersonville, Gideon's Trumpet and Day One
,
Anthony Lewis
Anthony-Lewis
2 total credits
Credits include: Gideon's Trumpet and The Great American Girl Robbery

Starring:

Allan Rich
Allan-Rich
21 total credits
Credits include: Highlander II: The Quickening, Wish I Was Here, The Entity, Eating Raoul and The Frisco Kid
,
José Ferrer
Jos-Ferrer
72 total credits
Credits include: Dune, A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy, The Caine Mutiny, To Be or Not to Be and Moulin Rouge
,
Paul Benjamin
Paul-Benjamin
18 total credits
Credits include: Do the Right Thing, Escape from Alcatraz, The Station Agent, The Anderson Tapes and Across 110th Street
,
Henry Fonda
Henry-Fonda
119 total credits
Henry Jaynes Fonda was an American film and stage actor. Fonda made his mark early as a Broadway actor. He also appeared in 1938 in plays performed in White Plains, New York, with Joan Tompkins. He made his Hollywood debut in 1935, and his career gained momentum after his Academy Award-nominated performance as Tom Joad in The Grapes of Wrath, a 1940 adaptation of John Steinbeck's novel about an Oklahoma family who moved west during the Dust Bowl. Throughout six decades in Hollywood...(Wikipedia)
,
Fay Wray
Fay-Wray
69 total credits
Credits include: King Kong, The Most Dangerous Game, Mystery of the Wax Museum, Doctor X and The Wedding March
,
Sam Jaffe
Sam-Jaffe
30 total credits
Credits include: Ben-Hur, The Day the Earth Stood Still, The Asphalt Jungle, Bedknobs and Broomsticks and Gentleman's Agreement
,
Dean Jagger
Dean-Jagger
92 total credits
Credits include: Bad Day at Black Rock, Vanishing Point, White Christmas, Game of Death and Alligator
,
John Houseman
John-Houseman
30 total credits
Credits include: Citizen Kane, The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!, Scrooged, The Fog and 3 Days of the Condor
,
Nicholas Pryor
Nicholas-Pryor
24 total credits
Credits include: Risky Business, Damien: Omen II, Less Than Zero, Brain Dead and Buster's Mal Heart
,
William Prince
William-Prince
24 total credits
Credits include: Network, Family Plot, The Gauntlet, Dead Reckoning and Sybil
,
Jerry Hardin
Jerry-Hardin
23 total credits
Credits include: Cujo, The Hot Spot, Honkytonk Man, Blaze and Little Nikita
,
Ford Rainey
Ford-Rainey
34 total credits
American character actor of stage, films, and television. A native of Idaho, Rainey was the son of a colorful character who was, among many other things, a champion of local dance contests. As a boy, Rainey was painfully shy, but found an outlet in school plays. He pursued stage work in regional companies, then went to New York to study with the legendary Michael Chekhov. He worked numerous "civilian" jobs while attempting to make a career as an actor, including work as a logger, a lineman, and

Genre:

Drama

Country:

USA

Language:

English
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