Gregory Peck won an Oscar for his brilliant performance as the Southern lawyer who defends a black man accused of in this film version of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. The way in which it captures a time, a place, and above all, a mood, makes this film a masterpiece. The setting is a dusty Southern town during the Depression. A white woman accuses a black man of. Though he is obviously innocent, the outcome of his trial is such a foregone conclusion that no lawyer will step forward to defend him – except Peck, the town s most distinguished citizen. His compassion defense costs him many friendships but earns him the respect and admiration of his two motherless children.

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