Gideon's Trumpet (film)

Gideon's Trumpet
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GenreHistorical drama
Based onGideon's Trumpet by Anthony Lewis
Written byDavid W. Rintels
Directed byRobert L. Collins
StarringHenry Fonda
José Ferrer
John Houseman
Fay Wray
Sam Jaffe
Dean Jagger
Nicholas Pryor
Music byJoseph Weiss
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producerJohn Houseman
ProducerDavid W. Rintels
CinematographyDon H. Birnkrant
EditorFrank Bracht
Running time104 minutes
Production companyGideon Productions[1]
Original release
NetworkCBS
ReleaseApril 30, 1980 (1980-04-30)
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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.[2] The film depicts the historical events before and during the 1963 United States Supreme Court case of Gideon v. Wainwright that brought the right of an attorney to criminal defendants who could not afford it and did not meet special requirements to get one for free.[3] After the ruling, implements of the case were enacted publicly, nationally, and even globally.[4][5][6][7][8][9]

The film, distributed by Worldvision Enterprises, premiered on April 30, 1980, on CBS-TV as a Hallmark Hall of Fame film. The feature stars Henry Fonda as the titular Clarence Earl Gideon, José Ferrer as Abe Fortas, and John Houseman as the Chief Justice of the United States. Other notable actors in the film included Fay Wray, Sam Jaffe and Dean Jagger. Robert L. Collins directed the film. It was produced and written under the direction of John Houseman and David W. Rintels.[10][11] The film was recognized and nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards the same year it premiered on television on September 7, 1980.[12]

  1. ^ US Copyright Office Registration No. PA0000080807 / 1980-06-04
  2. ^ Lavery, Emmet (March 1, 1980). "Blowing Gideon's Trumpet". American Bar Association Journal. 66: 326–327.
  3. ^ Jacob, Bruce R. (July 1, 2014). "The Gideon Trials". Iowa Law Review. 99: 2059–2101.
  4. ^ Marceau, Justin F. (June 2013). "Gideon's Shadow". The Yale Law Journal. 122 (8): 2482–2503. JSTOR 23528682.
  5. ^ Mayeux, Sarah (January 2016). "What Gideon Did". Columbia Law Review. 116 (1): 15–103. JSTOR 43681848.
  6. ^ "Divergent Formalities." Security and Privacy: Global Standards for Ethical Identity Management in Contemporary Liberal Democratic States, by John Kleinig et al., ANU Press, 2011, 19–76.
  7. ^ Wynne, Susan L. (2017). Indigent Defense in the United States: An Analysis of State Frameworks for Ensuring the Effective Assistance of Counsel. Ann Arbor: Sam Houston State University.
  8. ^ Somin, Ilya (2017-12-31), "14. The Supreme Court of the United States: Promoting Centralization More Than State Autonomy", Courts in Federal Countries, University of Toronto Press, pp. 440–481, doi:10.3138/9781487511470-017, ISBN 9781487511470.
  9. ^ Burke, Michael E. (April 2013). "Exporting Gideon". Human Rights. 39 (4): 17–21. JSTOR 24630073.
  10. ^ Dempsey, John (1 May 1980). "Gideon's Trumpet (Hallmark Hall of Fame)". Variety. p. 586.
  11. ^ Buck, Jerry (April 27, 1980). "Filming 'Trumpet' Proved to Be a Tense Experience". Southern Illinoisan.
  12. ^ Smith, Cecil (September 7, 1980). "Show Of The Week". Los Angeles Times.

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