Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys
Brief Synopsis
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A dramatization of the headline-making case in the 1930s of the controversial rape trial involving nine young black men and two white women, and of the embattled southern judge whose initial decision to free them made him a pariah in the community and ruined his career. The nine ultimately were conv
Cast & Crew
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Fielder Cook
Director
Arthur Hill
Judge James Edwin Horton
Vera Miles
Mrs Horton
Lewis J Stadlen
Sam Liebowitz
Ken Kercheval
Da Tom Knight
Ellen Barber
Victoria Price
Film Details
Genre
Drama
Release Date
1976
Production Company
NBC Entertainment
Technical Specs
Duration
2h
Synopsis
A dramatization of the headline-making case in the 1930s of the controversial rape trial involving nine young black men and two white women, and of the embattled southern judge whose initial decision to free them made him a pariah in the community and ruined his career. The nine ultimately were convicted but the case subsequently was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court. Horton died in 1967, the last of the Scottsboro boys in 1978. Fielder Cook (director) and John McGreevey (writer) each won an Emmy Award nomination for the film.
Director
Fielder Cook
Director
Cast
Arthur Hill
Judge James Edwin Horton
Vera Miles
Mrs Horton
Lewis J Stadlen
Sam Liebowitz
Ken Kercheval
Da Tom Knight
Ellen Barber
Victoria Price
Suzanne Lederer
Ruby Bates
Tom Ligon
Lester Carter
David Harris
Haywood Patterson
Rony Clanton
Andy Wright
Wallace Thompson
Willie Roberson
Gregory Wyatt
Olen Montgomery
Larry Butts
Leroy Wright
Paul Benjamin
Ramsey
Barry Snider
Captain Burleson
Robert Fields
Joe Brodsky
Bruce Watson
Orville Gilley
Crew
Eric Albertson
Editor
Irene Aparicio
Hair
Dan T Carter
Book As Source Material ("Scottsboro -- A Tragedy Of The American South")
Guy Del Russo
Makeup
Paul Leaf
Producer
Ruth Marley
Costume Designer
John Mcgreevey
Screenwriter
Thomas W Moore
Executive Producer
Frank T. Smith
Art Director
Mario Tosi
Director Of Photography
Dwight Williams
Assistant Director
Film Details
Genre
Drama
Release Date
1976
Production Company
NBC Entertainment
Technical Specs
Duration
2h
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Miscellaneous Notes
Aired in United States April 22, 1976
