To Kill a Mockingbird Movie Review 1962

Faithful adaptation of powerful Harper Lee novel, both an evocative portrayal of childhood innocence and a denunciation of bigotry. Peck's performance as southern lawyer Atticus Finch defending black Tom Robinson (Peters), who's accused of raping a white woman, is flawless. Duvall debuted as the dim-witted Boo Radley. Lee based her characterization of "Dill," the Finch children's "goin' on seven" friend, on Truman Capote, her own childhood friend.

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Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 129 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Rape, American South, Childhood Visions, Law & Lawyers, Order in the Court, Books to Film: Harper Lee, 4 Bones

Screenplay

Horton Foote

Cast

Gregory Peck, Brock Peters, Phillip Alford, Mary Badham, Robert Duvall, Rosemary Murphy, William Windom, Alice Ghostley, John Megna, Frank Overton, Paul Fix, Collin Wilcox-Paxton

Cinematography

Russell Harlan

Director

Robert Mulligan

Music

Elmer Bernstein

Other

Kim Stanley

Producer

Mark Huffam, Brentwood Productions

Awards

Oscars 1962: Actor (Peck), Adapt. Screenplay, Art Dir./Set Dec., B&W; AFI 1998: Top 100; Golden Globes 1963: Actor--Drama (Peck), Score, Natl. Film Reg. 1995.