Gregory Peck won an Oscar(R) for his brilliant performance as the Southern lawyer who defends a black man accused of rape in this film version of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. The way in which it captures a time, a place, and above all, a mood, makes this film a masterpiece. The setting is a dusty Southern town during the Depression. A white woman accuses a black man of rape. Though he is obviously innocent, the outcome of his trial is such a foregone conclusion that no lawyer will step forward to defend him - except Peck, the town's most distinguished citizen. His compassionate defense costs him many friendships but earns him the respect and admiration of his two motherless children.

• 2 hr 10 min
• Directed by

  Robert Mulligan
• Written by Horton Foote

• Starring

  Gregory Peck

  ,

  Mary Badham

  ,

  Philip Alford

  ,

  John Megna

  ,

  Frank Overton

  ,

  Robert Duvall

  ,

  Rosemary Murphy

  ,

  Brock Peters

  ,

  Ruth White

  ,

  Estelle Evans

  ,

  Paul Fix

  ,

  Collin Wilcox Paxton

  ,

  James Anderson

  ,

  Alice Ghostley

  ,

  William Windom

  ,

  Richard Hale

  ,

  Graham Denton

  ,

  Charles Fredericks

  ,

  Kim Hamilton

  ,

  Hugh Sanders

  ,

  Kim Stanley

  ,

  Kelly Thordsen

  ,

  Guy Wilkerson

  ,

  Dan White

  ,

  Bill Walker