To Kill a Mockingbird

1962 · 2h09 · Film

Directed by Robert Mulligan

Starring Gregory Peck, Mary Badham, Phillip Alford, John Megna, Frank Overton, Brock Peters, Rosemary Murphy, Ruth White, Estelle Evans, Paul Fix

Ideal when you feel… Sad / low Exhausted

Scout Finch, 6, and her older brother Jem live in sleepy Maycomb, Alabama, spending much of their time with their friend Dill and spying on their reclusive and mysterious neighbor, Boo Radley. When Atticus, their widowed father and a respected lawyer, defends a black man named Tom Robinson against fabricated rape charges, the trial and tangent events expose the children to evils of racism and stereotyping.

Original language

English

Screenplay

Horton Foote, Harper Lee

Music

Elmer Bernstein

Cinematography

Russell Harlan

Cast

John Megna, Frank Overton, Brock Peters, Rosemary Murphy, Ruth White, Estelle Evans, Paul Fix, Collin Wilcox Paxton, James Anderson

Updated July 22, 2026

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