Gideon's Trumpet
Henry Fonda gives one of the finest (and final) performances of his distinguished career as Clarence Gideon, the destitute prisoner whose handwritten plea for the right to counsel changed the course of American legal history.
Nominated for three Emmys®, winner of the prestigious Peabody Award, this Hallmark Hall of Fame drama “ranks with the best films of the early 1980s”—All Movie Guide. Henry Fonda gives one of the finest (and final) performances of his distinguished career as Clarence Gideon, the destitute prisoner whose handwritten plea for the right to counsel changed the course of American legal history. With Jose Ferrer, John Houseman, and Fay Wray. Approx. 104 min. on 1 DVD.
