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Gideon's Trumpet is a 1980 American made-for-television historical drama film based on the biographical book of the same name written by Anthony Lewis. The film depicts the historical events before and during the 1963 United States Supreme Court case of Gideon v.
Apr 30, 1980 · Gideon's Trumpet: Directed by Robert L. Collins. With Henry Fonda, José Ferrer, John Houseman, Fay Wray. The story of Clarence Earl Gideon and his fight for the right to have publicly funded legal counsel for the needy.
Dec 27, 2020 · The Story of Carl Earl Gideon and his fight for the right to have public fundedlegal counsel for the needy.Exceptional Film
Gideon's Trumpet | Rotten Tomatoes. TV-PG 1980 1h 45m Drama. List. In 1961, Clarence Earl Gideon (Henry Fonda) is arrested on charges of petty theft. Unable to afford an expensive...
Gideon's Trumpet. DRAMA. Henry Fonda gives one of the finest (and final) performances of his distinguished career as Clarence Gideon, the destitute prisoner whose handwritten plea for the right to counsel changed the course of American legal history.
Gideon's Trumpet is a 1964 book by Anthony Lewis describing the story behind the 1963 landmark court case Gideon v. Wainwright, in which the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that criminal defendants have the right to an attorney even if they cannot afford one.
In one of his final television roles, Henry Fonda stars as the semi-literate Florida drifter whose court case--being denied counsel at a breaking-and-entering trial because of his inability to afford a lawyer--drastically changed the course of American legal history. His performance won him an...
