To Kill a Mockingbird: Quick Facts

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Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch stands beside Philip Alford and Mary Badham in a jail scene from To Kill a Mockingbird, facing a seated group of men in hats.

Estelle Evans as Calpurnia stands with hands on hips beside Phillip Alford as Jem Finch and Mary Badham as Scout Finch on a porch in To Kill a Mockingbird.

(From left to right) Phillip Alford, Gregory Peck, Mary Badham, and John Megna in To Kill a Mockingbird (1962).

Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch stands in a crowded courtroom in a scene from the film To Kill a Mockingbird, with spectators watching from benches and a balcony.

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