To Kill a Mockingbird (To Kill a Mockingbird) is a 1962 American film directed by Robert Mulligan from a screenplay by Horton Foote. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Harper Lee, which was voted the best novel of all time in Britain and was awarded the "„Pulitzer“" in 1961. The film is ranked first for drama in the AFI (American Film Institute) rankings. The film premiered on December 25, 1962.
Atticus Finch (Gregory Peck) is a lawyer in a (non-existent in the real world) small town in Alabama, divided by racial prejudice. Finch agrees to defend a young, black man who is accused of raping a white girl. Many of his fellow townspeople want Atticus to drop the case, but he decides to continue. How will the case develop and will it have any effect on racial differences in the town?
