Gideon's Trumpet
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Robert Collins
Henry Fonda
Jose Ferrer
John Houseman
Fay Wray
Ford Rainey
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Synopsis
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 his 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) had 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 Henry Fonda's landlady in this film following years of self-imposed retirement.
Director
Robert Collins
Cast
Henry Fonda
Jose Ferrer
John Houseman
Fay Wray
Ford Rainey
Edmund H. North
Liam O'brien
William Prince
Dean Jagger
Emmet Lavery
Herb Benkman
Nicholas Pryor
Lane Smith
Richard Mckenzie
Dolph Sweet
David Sheiner
Pat Mcnamara
Les Lannom
Malcolm Groom
Allan Rich
Richard Lineback
David Clennon
Michael Cavanaugh
Paul Benjamin
Cliff Pellow
Jerry Hardin
Fredric Cook
Steven Peterman
James O'connell
Jon Locke
Gary Grubbs
Seamon Glass
Gwen Van Dam
James E Brodhead
Don Draper
Henry Proach
Anthony Lewis
Timothy Scott
Sam Jaffe
Malcolm Groome
Emmet Lavery
Crew
Don Birnkrant
Don Birnkrant
Frank Bracht
Edward C Carfagno
John Delbis
John Houseman
Michael J Kohut
Robert J Koster
Anthony Lewis
James Pilcher
David Rintels
David Rintels
Don Sullivan
Joseph Weiss
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Miscellaneous Notes
Aired in United States April 30, 1980
Broadcast as a presentation of the "Hallmark Hall of Fame."
