To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)

8.0/10 129 min Drama

Overview

Scout Finch, 6, and her older brother Jem live in sleepy Maycomb, Alabama, spending much of their time with their friend Dill and spying on their reclusive and mysterious neighbor, Boo Radley. When Atticus, their widowed father and a respected lawyer, defends a black man named Tom Robinson against fabricated rape charges, the trial and tangent events expose the children to evils of racism and stereotyping.

Cast

Gregory Peck

Atticus Finch

Mary Badham

Scout Finch

Phillip Alford

Jem

John Megna

Dill Harris

Frank Overton

Sheriff Heck Tate

Brock Peters

Tom Robinson

Rosemary Murphy

Maudie Atkinson

Ruth White

Mrs. Dubose

Estelle Evans

Calpurnia

Paul Fix

Judge Taylor

Collin Wilcox Paxton

Mayella Violet Ewell

James Anderson

Bob Ewell

Alice Ghostley

Aunt Stephanie Crawford

Robert Duvall

Boo Radley

William Windom

Mr. Gilmer

Crahan Denton

Walter Cunningham Sr.

Richard Hale

Nathan Radley

Eddie Baker

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

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