To Kill A Mockingbird (1962)

Based on Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize winning book of 1960. Atticus Finch is a lawyer in a racially
divided Alabama town in the 1930s. He agrees to defend a young black man who is accused of
raping a white woman. Many of the townspeople try to get Atticus to pull out of the trial, but he
decides to go ahead. How will the trial turn out - and will it change any of the racial tension in the
town ?
Gregory Peck ...
John Megna
...
Frank Overton ...
Rosemary Murphy
Ruth White
...
Brock Peters ...
Estelle Evans ...
Paul Fix
...
Collin Wilcox Paxton
James Anderson
Alice Ghostley ...
Robert Duvall ...
William Windom...

Atticus Finch
Charles Baker 'Dill' Harris
Sheriff Heck Tate
...
Maudie Atkinson
Mrs. Dubose
Tom Robinson
Calpurnia
Judge Taylor
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Mayella Violet Ewell (as Collin Wilcox)
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Robert E. Lee 'Bob' Ewell
Aunt Stephanie Crawford
Arthur 'Boo' Radley
Mr. Gilmer, Prosecutor

Director: Robert Mulligan

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Enough good things can't be said about this movie. It is undoubtedly one of the best and most
moving films ever made. No other racial injustice or discriminatory based movie can even
compare with "To Kill a Mockingbird". This movie not only makes you sympathize with those who
were being discriminated against, but also those who fought for those people. One of the most
moving parts of the movie is when Atticus Finch is leaving the court room and Reverend Sykes
tells Scout to "stand up your father is passing".
Gregory Peck has always been one of my favorite actors. This is definitely one of my favorite
roles that he has ever played, and he does an excellent job at it. Mary Badham and Philip Alford
are excellent as Jem and Scout. Mary Badham became the youngest girl to receive an Academy
Award nomination for best supporting actress for her role as Scout. Although it had a short time
on screen, Robert Duvall's portrayal of "Boo" Radley was one of his very first roles on screen and
what better movie than "To Kill a Mockingbird" to kick off your acting career.
A great movie of all times.
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'To Kill a Mockingbird' is one of the best books ever written but this film does it justice. The
performances throughout are stunning, especially that of Gregory Peck (Harper Lee was so
impressed she gave him her late father's pocket watch, a prop he uses in the film, to keep). This
film will make anyone think hard about how they treat others and it is really heartwarming without
being soppy. It isn't necessary to have read the book before seeing this film but it might be
advisable. This is one of the classic films of its generation and very few films of nowadays come
close to matching it either. A real must-see.
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Very rarely, it happens that movies are made that are very simple in expression but possess
monumental appeals and significant life lessons in a style only of the kind of their own that, we
can't expect even. This fact is truthfully exemplified in this movie. It's not just a movie or even just
a promising story in general, but all it portray's is "Innocence". A girl's recollection of her childhood
days which are still at their full bloom in her mind, depicting the innocence of juvenile as well as
as adult minds, a period where mostly immature minds become curious to the racial bigotry and
sometimes mature minds become its prey and a time when harsh realities of life like intolerance,
hatreds, prejudice and adversities of society gradually dawn upon them.
Atticus Finch ( Gregory Peck ) is an absolutely Gentleman Lawyer whose wife has passed away
and he has a son and a daughter. A Black man Tom Robinson is wrongly alleged of raping a poor
white woman. In fact, he a victim of white woman's effort to hide her guilt by targeting his
innocence and utilizing favors of racial attitude of unsocial society towards Negros. Finch decides
to defend him on his principles realizing that the narrow minded society will turn against him and
so it happened and townspeople started making his life agonizing. The whole story is masterfully
out shined by the ingenuousness, purity and innocence of his children with with a unique
inspirational interaction with their father.
Boo Readly who lives in the town is mentally retarded and is sidelined by the society. He is a
mark of fear and curiosity for children because he is different from others. But he is the one who
marks the ultimate climax of this emotionally crafted masterpiece.
It's a must see movie for all ages in all times because it gives many priceless emotional and
touching lessons for those who are sincere and perceptive.
A Remarkably Simple and Simply Remarkanble Masterpiece!!!
* Dill was modeled after author Harper Lee's childhood friend, Truman Capote.
* Finch was writer Harper Lee's mother's maiden name.
* Robert Duvall stayed out of the sun for six weeks and dyed his hair blond for the role of Boo
Radley who, according to the story, spent much of his life locked in a cellar.
* Although Gregory Peck's inspirational performance as Atticus Finch turned out to be a perfect
highlight to his long career, Rock Hudson was actually the studio's first choice for the role. James
Stewart was also offered the part, but told the producers he believed the script was "too liberal",
and feared the film would be controversial.
* Robert Duvall's first movie.
* The courtroom is a recreation of the interior of the Monroe County Courthouse in Monroeville,
Alabama, Harper Lee's hometown. Prior to filming, production designers traveled to Monroeville,
took photographs and measurements, and created a near duplicate on soundstages at Universal
Studios.
* The watch used in the film was a prop, but Harper Lee gave Gregory Peck her father's watch
after the film was completed because he reminded her so much of him.
* Phillip Alford told his mother that he did not want to go to the auditions for the part of Jem
Finch but when his mother told him he would miss half a day of school, he immediately decided to
go to them.
* Mary Badham messed up nearly every take in which the family was eating at the table. Phillip
Alford didn't like eating the same meal dozens of times, so in one of the takes of the scene in
which he rolls Badham in the tire, he aimed it at an equipment truck in an attempt to hurt her.

* Brock Peters started to cry while shooting the testifying scene, without rehearsing it this way,
and Gregory Peck said that he had to look past him, instead of looking him in the eye, without
choking up himself.
* It has been reported that this film was Gregory Peck's favorite work.
* According to the comics, this is Clark Kent's (aka Superman) favorite movie.
* Atticus Finch was voted as the top screen hero of the last 100 years by the American Film
Institute.
* The first scene that Gregory Peck shot showed him returning home from his character's law
office while his children ran to greet him. Harper Lee was a guest on the set that day, and Peck
noticed her crying after the scene was filmed. "Why are you crying?" Peck asked. Peck had
looked just like her late father, the model for Atticus, Lee explained; Peck even had a little round
pot belly like her father's. "That's not a pot belly, Harper," Peck told her, "That's great acting."
* Ranked #2 on the American Film Institute's 100 Most Inspiring Movies of All Time (2006).
* In 2007, the American Film Institute ranked this as the #25 Greatest Movie of All Time.
* Mary Badham (Scout) and Gregory Peck (Atticus) became close during filming and kept in
contact for the rest of his life. He always called her Scout.
* Alice Ghostley's movie debut.
* William Windom's movie debut.