HALLMARK HALL OF FAME: GIDEON'S TRUMPET (TV)
Summary
One in this series of dramatic specials presented by Hallmark. This docudrama is a fact-based portrayal of the landmark case of Clarence Earl Gideon, an obscure Florida inmate who challenged the American legal system after he was convicted without proper legal representation. Gideon, who was arrested for burglarizing a poolroom, is denied free legal assistance under state law. He studies defendants' rights while in prison and believes that his right to counsel, guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment, has been violated. Gideon awaits the Supreme Court decision that may grant him freedom or perhaps a new trial. Includes commercials.
("Hallmark Hall of Fame" was broadcast on NBC from 1952 to 1978; network affiliation varies after 1978.)
(Beginning with the live telecast of the opera "Amahl and the Night Visitors" on December 24, 1951, Hallmark has sponsored a series of dramatic specials which, since 1952, have aired under the title "Hallmark Hall of Fame." From 1952 to 1955 Hallmark also presented "Hallmark Hall of Fame," a weekly half-hour dramatic anthology series hosted by Sarah Churchill. The first broadcast, "Dr. Serocold," was aired in January 1952 under the title "Hallmark Television Theatre." This series also ran under the title "Hallmark Summer Theatre" in July and August 1952.)
Details
- NETWORK: CBS
- DATE: April 30, 1980 9:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 2:00:05
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T80:0581
- GENRE: Docudrama; Drama, legal
- SUBJECT HEADING: Docudrama; Drama, legal; Justice; Law
- SERIES RUN: CBS - TV, 1980
- COMMERCIALS:
- TV - Commercials - Hallmark products
CREDITS
- John Houseman … Executive Producer
- David W. Rintels … Producer, Writer
- Myron L. Slobodien … Associate Producer
- Philip J. Grosz … Associate Producer
- Robert Collins … Director
- Anthony Lewis … Based on the book by
- Joseph Weiss … Music by
- Henry Fonda … Cast, Clarence Earl Gideon
- Jose Ferrer … Cast, Abe Fortas
- John Houseman … Cast, Chief Justice
- Fay Wray … Cast, Edna Curtis
- Sam Jaffe … Cast, Justice No. 1
- Dean Jagger … Cast, Justice No. 6
- Nicholas Pryor … Cast, Jacob
- William Prince … Cast, 5th Supreme Court Justice
- Lane Smith … Cast, Turner
- Richard McKenzie … Cast, Judge McCrary
- Dolph Sweet … Cast, the Librarian
- Ford Rainey … Cast, Justice No. 2
- David Sheiner … Cast, Abe Krash
- J. Patrick McNamara … Cast, Harris
- Les Lannom … Cast, Bobby Earle
- Malcolm Groome … Cast, John Ely
- Allan Rich … Cast, Tobias Simon
- Richard Lineback … Cast, Lester Wade
- David Clennon … Cast, James Fitzpatrick
- Michael Cavanaugh … Cast, Stocker
- Paul Benjamin … Cast, Artis
- Clifford Pellow … Cast, Justin Pike
- Jerry Hardin … Cast, Mel Cobb
- Frederic Cook … Cast, Leo Stafford
- Steven Peterman … Cast, Arthur Vitale
- James O'Connell … Cast, the Warden
- Jon Locke … Cast, the Supervisor
- Gary Grubbs … Cast, Deputy Hamilton
- Seamon Glass … Cast, the Prison Guard
- Van Dam, Gwen … Cast, Mrs. Lawrence
- James E. Brodhead … Cast, the Court Crier
- Edmund H. North … Cast, a Supreme Court Justice
- Emmet Lavery, Sr. … Cast, a Supreme Court Justice
- Liam O'Brien … Cast, a Supreme Court Justice
- Don Draper … Cast, the Baliff
- Henry Proach … Cast, a Guard
- Anthony Lewis … Cast, the Reporter
- Timothy Scott … Cast, Toby