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Title: To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Gregory Peck | ... | Atticus Finch | |
| John Megna | ... | Dill Harris | |
| Frank Overton | ... | Sheriff Heck Tate | |
| Rosemary Murphy | ... | Maudie Atkinson | |
| Ruth White | ... | Mrs. Dubose | |
| Brock Peters | ... | Tom Robinson | |
| Estelle Evans | ... | Calpurnia | |
| Paul Fix | ... | Judge Taylor | |
| Collin Wilcox Paxton | ... | Mayella Violet Ewell (as Collin Wilcox) | |
| James Anderson | ... | Bob Ewell | |
| Alice Ghostley | ... | Aunt Stephanie Crawford | |
| Robert Duvall | ... | Boo Radley | |
| William Windom | ... | Mr. Gilmer - Prosecutor | |
| Crahan Denton | ... | Walter Cunningham Sr. | |
| Richard Hale | ... | Nathan Radley | |
Small-town Alabama, 1932. Atticus Finch (played by Gregory Peck) is a lawyer and a widower. He has two young children, Jem and Scout. Atticus Finch is currently defending Tom Robinson, a black man accused of raping a white woman. Meanwhile, Jem and Scout are intrigued by their neighbours, the Radleys, and the mysterious, seldom-seen Boo Radley in particular. Written by grantss
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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!!!