A blurb from Acorn Media about Gideon’s Trumpet: In one of the finest and final performance of his distinguished career, Henry Fonda portrays Clarence Gideon, the destitute prisoner whose handwritten plea for justice changed the course of American legal history.
This was Henry Fonda’s penultimate performance as Clarence Gideon, a destitute prisoner that changes the course of legal history. The TV movie tells the story behind the landmark, 1960’s case of “Right to Counsel”. This movie aired on the Hallmark Hall of Fame in 1980. I remember having to do a piece of this movie in my drama class in High School. The movie also had a great cast including Jose Ferrer, John Houseman, Sam Jaffe, Lane Smith, Dean Jagger and Fay Wray in her last screen performance. This disc includes Cast Filmographies.
VIDEO
The video quality is so-so. The TV movie was done on film and there are a quite a few specks and dirt. Not really any fault of Acorn Media. Source material almost 30 years old will tend to have that. The TV Movie is 103 minutes long.
Audio
Was originally recorded in Mono. It is also Mono on this set.
Disc 1- 1. “Gideon’s Trumpet”-Movie
Extras
Disc 1: Cast Filmographies- (Text Only)
Verdict
A good educational film about law. Henry Fonda was great in the film.
Rating: ***!
This was Henry Fonda’s penultimate performance as Clarence Gideon, a destitute prisoner that changes the course of legal history. The TV movie tells the story behind the landmark, 1960’s case of “Right to Counsel”. This movie aired on the Hallmark Hall of Fame in 1980. I remember having to do a piece of this movie in my drama class in High School. The movie also had a great cast including Jose Ferrer, John Houseman, Sam Jaffe, Lane Smith, Dean Jagger and Fay Wray in her last screen performance. This disc includes Cast Filmographies.
VIDEO
The video quality is so-so. The TV movie was done on film and there are a quite a few specks and dirt. Not really any fault of Acorn Media. Source material almost 30 years old will tend to have that. The TV Movie is 103 minutes long.
Audio
Was originally recorded in Mono. It is also Mono on this set.
Disc 1- 1. “Gideon’s Trumpet”-Movie
Extras
Disc 1: Cast Filmographies- (Text Only)
Verdict
A good educational film about law. Henry Fonda was great in the film.
Rating: ***!
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