Gideon's Trumpet

Gideon's Trumpet (1980)

True story of Clarence Gideon's fight to be appointed counsel at the expense of the state. This landmark case led to the Supreme Court's decision which extended this right to all criminal defendants.

Date of release
1980-04-30
TMDB
6.5 / 10 (13)
Runtime
1h 44m
Genres
Drama, Crime, History, TV Movie
Director
Robert L. Collins

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Gideon's Trumpet

Gideon's Trumpet is a 1980 American made-for-television historical drama film based on the biographical book of the same name written by Anthony Lewis. The film depicts the historical events before and during the 1963 United States Supreme Court case of Gideon v. Wainwright that brought the right of an attorney to criminal defendants who could not afford it and did not meet special requirements to get one for free. After the ruling, implements of the case were enacted publicly, nationally, and even globally.

Production

The prison scenes in the film were captured at the Men's Correctional Facility in Chino, California, using as extras prison inmates currently in the facility. Director Robert Collins commented on how difficult filming was with the prison inmates as extras: "By the time the production crew made four takes, the prisoners were very unhappy." Collins has also remarked that he took special care filming the prison scenes by making them more "harsh" tha…

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