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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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- Robert L. Collins
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- Henry Fonda, José Ferrer, John Houseman
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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.
- Robert Collins
- David W. Rintels
- Historical Drama
Gideon's Trumpet. Watch Gideon's Trumpet with a subscription on Prime Video. In 1961, Clarence Earl Gideon (Henry Fonda) is arrested on charges of petty theft. Unable to afford an...
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- David Cornelius
- TV-PG
- Robert Collins
There are no English trailers added to Gideon's Trumpet. True story of Clarence Gideon's fight to be appointed counsel at the expense of the state. This landmark case led to the Supreme Court's decision which extended this right to all criminal defendants.
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.