To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) starring Gregory Peck, Mary Badham, Philip Alford, Brock Peters. In 1932, deep-South lawyer Atticus Finch (Peck) is assigned to defend a black man (Peters) from spurious rape charges. Meanwhile, Finch's two children, Scout and Jem (Badham and Alford) try to unravel the mystery of Boo Radley, a recluse who lives in a house in their neighborhood. The movie (as did the book) cleverly interweaves the two stories, and it all comes together in the end. It's rare that a film captures the essence of the book; this one comes very close. Peck won a Best Actor Oscar for his performance. The subtitles, supplied on the disc, are a little hard to read. There are no closed captions. Grade: A
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