Gideon's Trumpet

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Gideon's Trumpet

1980 · 103 min

Drama · History

IMDb1,342 votes7.1 / 10 Rotten Tomatoes Audience25 votes56%

Movie of the Night composite65 / 100

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Synopsis

The story of Clarence Earl Gideon (Henry Fonda) and his fight for the right to have publicly funded legal counsel for the needy.

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Released: 1980
Runtime: 103 minutes
Genres: drama, history

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Cast & crew

Cast

Henry Fonda
José Ferrer
John Houseman
Fay Wray
Dean Jagger
Sam Jaffe
Nicholas Pryor

Director

Robert L. Collins

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