Apr 30, 1980
104 min
Full-HD

Gideon's Trumpet (1980)

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.

Category

Drama Crime History TV Movie

Country

United States of America

Companies

Gideon Productions Worldvision Enterprises

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

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