![]() ![]() ![]() Bob Ewell (James Anderson), the father of the defendant. Jem gets a feel for the amount of heat the man-of-law is taking when he witnesses the explosive reaction of Mr. Sure enough, angry gossip about his dogged determination to provide a fair trail for the accused comes to Scout’s attention when a schoolyard bully starts slandering her dad. ![]() The biggest event to happen in the history of their small Alabama town, the court case is sure to make 1933 a year to remember.ĭespite his best parental desires, Atticus knows it isn’t possible for him to protect his young ones from all the ugly things in the world. Wrapped up in their own childish imagination, they prefer to see the world as a place of adventure, that requires some sort of shotgun to protect them from the elderly lady down the street whom they are sure hides a confederate pistol under her shawl, or the possible escape of the lunatic neighbor they have heard is kept chained to his bed.īut their silly superstitions prove to be no match for the real dangers of adult life, which begin to intrude upon their innocence the moment Atticus agrees to defend Tom Robinson (Brock Peters) against the charge of raping a white woman. He further explains that all the feathered creatures do is make music for people to enjoy, and never harm men or their crops.Īlthough their father is full of such words of wisdom, from the perspective of six-year-old Scout (Mary Badham) and twelve-year-old Jem (Phillip Alford), the cautious, middle-aged lawyer is too much of a cowardly pacifist. “It’s a sin To Kill a Mockingbird,” Atticus Finch (Gregory Peck) tells his children. ![]()
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