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Gideon's Trumpet

Gideon's Trumpet (1980)

Drama | 104 minutes
3,64 7 votes

Genre: Drama

Duration: 104 minuten

Country: United States

Directed by: Robert L. Collins

Stars: Henry Fonda, Fay Wray and José Ferrer

IMDb score: 7,1 (1.292)

Releasedate: 30 April 1980

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Gideon's Trumpet plot

Inmate Clarence Earl Gideon (Fonda) changed the American justice system. He was jailed in the 1960s for a minor offense and was denied legal aid because he had no money. He dug into the law books and concluded that everyone was entitled to a lawyer. Based on the book by Anthony Lewis.

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Actors and actresses

Henry Fonda Henry Fonda

Clarence Earl Gideon

José Ferrer José Ferrer

Abe Fortas

John Houseman John Houseman

Chief Justice / Offscreen Narrator

Fay Wray Fay Wray

Edna Curtis

Dean Jagger Dean Jagger

6th Supreme Court Justice

Sam Jaffe Sam Jaffe

1st Supreme Court Justice

Nicholas Pryor Nicholas Pryor

Jacob

William Prince William Prince

5th Supreme Court Justice

Lane Smith Lane Smith

Fred Turner

Richard McKenzie Richard McKenzie

Judge Robert McCrary

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