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To Kill a Mockingbird

1962 film by Robert Mulligan

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"To Kill a Mockingbird" is a 1962 film directed by Robert Mulligan that explores themes of justice and moral growth in the American South. The film is widely regarded as an important work that examines racial injustice and the courage required to stand up for what is right.

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Film · TMDB

8.0

Scout Finch, 6, and her older brother Jem live in sleepy Maycomb, Alabama, spending much of their time with their friend Dill and spying on their reclusive and mysterious neighbor, Boo Radley. When Atticus, their widowed father and a respected lawyer, defends a black man named Tom Robinson against fabricated rape charges, the trial and tangent events expose the children to evils of racism and stereotyping.

Released: 1962-12-20129 minDir: Robert MulliganDrama

Cast

Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch
Mary Badham as Scout Finch
Phillip Alford as Jem
John Megna as Dill Harris
Frank Overton as Sheriff Heck Tate
Brock Peters as Tom Robinson

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Ratings · OMDb

IMDb

8.2/10

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The film's trailer To Kill a Mockingbird is a 1962 American legal drama crime film directed by Robert Mulligan, starring Gregory Peck and Mary Badham. Adapted from Harper Lee's 1960 Pulitzer Prize–winning novel To Kill a Mockingbird, the film follows lawyer Atticus Finch in Depression-era Alabama educating his children against the Jim Crow laws while defending a black man who is wrongfully indicted for the rape of a white woman.

The film won overwhelmingly positive reception from both the critics and the public; a box-office success, it earned more than six times its budget. The film was awarded three Academy Awards, including Best Actor and Best Adapted Screenplay, and was nominated for eight, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Supporting Actress.