To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)

It’s considered by many to be a literary classic. Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird” has captured the hearts of audiences for over five decades. “To Kill a Mockingbird” is a dark, bold, yet triumphant story of a family living in a small town in Alabama which is based on Lee’s hometown of Monroeville. The fictitious Maycomb is quaint yet odd and mysterious. Playing a Negro defending attorney, is veteran actor Gregory Peck. Peck’s portrayal as this highly respected attorney and subtle or gentle father and widow, makes an instantaneous and profound connection each and every time he is on screen as this character. 
Director of the film Robert Mulligan erected a form of art that Lee created that was then to be considered to a masterpiece in cinema, one of the greatest films of the twentieth century that’ll have a lasting effect for generations to come. 
Then-child actors Mary Badham and Phillip Alford play Pecks’ on screen children. They both do so with such wonder and curiosity, that cannot be overlooked, with but as some of the greatest performances by a child actor. 
“To Kill a Mockingbird” composed by Elmer Bernstein, made something with a rustic and classical feel. His composition provides qualities of being eerie, dramatic and upbeat. 
Nominated for eight Academy Awards and five Golden Globes in the year after the film’s debut on the silver screen. Many perceive Robert Mulligan’s depiction of the Pulitzer Prize winning author’s beloved novel is definitely worth the accolades based on the finesse the film displays here.

Starring: Gregory Peck, Mary Badham, Phillip Alford, Robert Duvall, Brock Peters, John Megna

Director: Robert Mulligan

MPAA Rating: PG

Runtime: 2 Hours 10 Minutes

Synopsis:

Scout Finch (Mary Badham), 6,and her older brother, Jem (Phillip Alford), live in sleepy Maycomb, Ala., spending much of their time with their friend Dill (John Megna) and spying on their reclusive and mysterious neighbor, Boo Radley (Robert Duvall). When Atticus (Gregory Peck), their widowed father and a respected lawyer, defends a black man named Tom Robinson (Brock Peters) against fabricated rape charges, the trial and tangent events expose the children to evils of racism and stereotyping.

Rate: B