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Gideon's trumpet

DVD

2007

Format:	DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials
Title:	Gideon's trumpet / written for television and produced by David W. Rintels ; directed by Robert Collins.
Edition:	Standard format.
Publisher, Date:	Silver Spring, MD : Acorn Media, ©2007. ©1979
Description:	1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. 4 3/4 in. NTSC
Summary:	"Henry Fonda portrays Clarence Gideon, the destitute prisoner whose handwritten plea for justice changed the course of American legal history ... Tells the remarkable human story behind the landmark 'right to counsel' Supreme Court case [of Gideon v. Wainwright, 1963]"--Container.
Series:	Hallmark hall of fame Hallmark Hall of Fame (DVD videodiscs)
Subjects:	Gideon, Clarence Earl -- Trials, litigation, etc. -- Drama. Wainwright, Louie L. -- Trials, litigation, etc. -- Drama. Lewis, Anthony, 1927-2013 -- Television adaptations. United States. Supreme Court -- Drama. Right to counsel -- United States -- Drama. Legal films. Biographical films. Fiction films. Made-for-TV movies. Films for hard of hearing people Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genre:	Legal films. Biographical films. Fiction films. Feature films. Made-for-TV movies. Films for hard of hearing people Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Other Author:	Rintels, David W., teleplay writier. Collins, Robert, 1943- director. Fonda, Henry, 1905-1982, actor. Ferrer, José, 1912-1992, actor. Houseman, John, 1902-1988, actor. Wray, Fay, 1907-2004, actor. Jaffe, Sam, 1891-1984, actor. Jagger, Dean, 1903-1991, actor. Pryor, Nicholas, 1935-2024 actor. Prince, William, 1913-1996, actor. Smith, Lane, 1936-2005, actor. Birnkrant, Don H., cinematographer. Bracht, Frank, film editor. Weiss, Joseph (Composer), composer, conductor. Lewis, Anthony, 1927-2013. Gideon's trumpet. Acorn Media (Firm)
Other Title:	Hallmark hall of fame.
Notes:	Based on the book: Gideon's trumpet / by Anthony Lewis. Originally produced as a made-for-TV movie in 1979. First aired as an episode of the television program Hallmark hall of fame on April 30, 1980. Special feature: cast filmographies (Fonda, Ferrer, Houseman, Jaffe, Jagger, Smith, Wray). Director of photography, Don H. Birnkrant ; edited by Frank Bracht ; music composed and conducted by Joseph Weiss. Henry Fonda, Jose Ferrer, John Houseman, Fay Wray, Sam Jaffe, Dean Jagger, Nicholas Pryor, William Prince, Lane Smith. Filmed at the Samuel Goldwyn Studios in Hollywood, Calif. DVD, NTSC; Dolby digital. In English; closed-captioned in English.
Publisher Number:	AMP-9748
Other Number:	162139288
System Availability:	1
Current Holds:	0
# Local items:	1
Control Number:	915740
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Call Number:	DVD TV Gideon's

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