Gideon's Trumpet

April. 30,1980      
Rating:
7.1
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Henry Fonda as  Clarence Earl Gideon
José Ferrer as  Abe Fortas
John Houseman as  Chief Justice / Offscreen Narrator
Fay Wray as  Edna Curtis
Dean Jagger as  6th Supreme Court Justice
Sam Jaffe as  1st Supreme Court Justice
Nicholas Pryor as  Jacob
William Prince as  5th Supreme Court Justice
Lane Smith as  Fred Turner
Richard McKenzie as  Judge Robert McCrary

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