| USA
/ CBS-Gideon Productions-Worldvision Enterprises /1x120 minutes / 30 April 1980
Drama. 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 inability to afford a lawyer – drastically changed the course of American legal history. His performance won him an Emmy Award nomination, as did the script by David Rintels with whom Fonda (and John Houseman, who stars as the Chief Justice of the United States) has been associated on stage and later television on Rintels’ one – man play, “Clarence Darrow.” Fay Wray, the veteran actress best remembered as King Kong’s leading lady, returned to acting briefly to play Fonda’s landlady in this film following years of self – imposed retirement.
With:- HENRY FONDA as Clarence Earl Gideon / JOSE FERRER as Abe Fortas / JOHN HOUSEMAN as Chief Justice / FAY WRAY as Edna Curtis / SAM JAFFE as 1st Justice / DEAN JAGGER as 6th Justice / NICHOLAS PRYOR as Jacob / WILLIAM PRINCE as 5th Justice / LANE SMITH as Fred Turner / RICHARD MCKENZIE as Judge Robert McCrary / DOLPH SWEET as Charlie / FORD RAINEY as 2nd Justice / DAVID SHEINER as Abe Krash / PAT MCNAMARA as Harris / LES LANNOM as Bobby Earle / MALCOLM GROOM as John Ely / ALLAN RICH as Tobias Simon / RICHARD LINEBACK as Lester Wade / DAVID CLENNON as James Fitzpatrick / MICHAEL CAVANAUGH as Stocker / PAUL BENJAMIN as Artis / CLIFF PELLOW as Justin Pike / JERRY HARDIN as Sheriff Mel Cobb / FREDRIC COOK as Leo Stafford / STEVEN PETERMAN as Arthur Vitale / JAMES O’CONNELL as Warden / JON LOCKE as Supervisor / GARY GRUBBS as Deputy Hamilton / SEAMON GLASS as Prison Guard / GWEN VAN DAM as Mrs. Lawrence / JAMES E BRODHEAD as Court Crier / EDMUND H NORTH as 3rd Justice / EMMET LAVERY SR. as 7th Justice / LAIM O’BRIEN as 4th Justice / HERB BENKMAN as 8th Justice
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