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  1. 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.

  2. 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.

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    • Biography, Drama, History
    • Robert L. Collins
    • 1980-04-30
  3. Dec 27, 2020 · Gideon´s trumpet 1980 Henry Fonda. The Story of Carl Earl Gideon and his fight for the right to have public funded legal counsel for the needy.Exceptional Film ...more.

    • 104 min
    • 54.3K
    • Travis Mitchell
  4. In 1961, Clarence Earl Gideon (Henry Fonda) is arrested on charges of petty theft. Unable to afford an expensive lawyer to defend him, he is forced to represent himself and receives a five-year...

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    • David Cornelius
    • TV-PG
    • Robert Collins
  5. 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.

    • Anthony Lewis
    • 1964
  6. Gideon's Trumpet. The story of Clarence Earl Gideon (Henry Fonda) and his fight for the right to have publicly funded legal counsel for the needy. 156 IMDb 7.1 1 h 43 min 1980. X-Ray 13+. Drama · Historical. Freevee (with ads) Watch with Prime.

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  8. 2h. Synopsis. 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.

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