To Kill a Mockingbird

To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)

Timing: 2:9 (129 min)

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All about film

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Photo 89

Actors and characters

Release date

1962-12-20

Country

United States

Production

Universal Pictures, Pakula-Mulligan, Brentwood Productions

Genre

Drama

Budget

$2 000 000

Revenue

$13 129 846

Website

https://uphe.com/movies/to-kill-a-mockingbird

Director

Robert Mulligan

Actors

Gregory Peck, Mary Badham, Phillip Alford, John Megna, Frank Overton, Brock Peters, Rosemary Murphy, Ruth White, Estelle Evans, Paul Fix
All actors and roles (10)

Scenario

Producer

Alan J. Pakula, Robert Mulligan, Harper Lee, Gregory Peck

Operator

Russell Harlan

Composer

Elmer Bernstein

Artist

Audition

Boaty Boatwright

Editing

Aaron Stell
All team (34)

• The film is based on Harper Lee's novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" (1960). Until 2015, it was the writer's only published novel.
• The film ranks second on the American Film Institute's 2006 list of "the most outstanding films of all time."
• During one of the early scenes, Harper Lee visited the set. The scene of Atticus Finch returning home brought Harper Lee to tears – Gregory Peck was so much like her father. Incidentally, "Finch" was her father's middle name.
• Philip Alford, who played Jem, did not want to audition for the role. He only agreed after his mother told him that, in that case, he would be able to skip school with a legitimate excuse.
• The interior of the courthouse is an exact replica of the interior of the courthouse in Harper Lee's hometown of Monroeville, Alabama. Photographers from "Universal" studio specifically traveled there before filming.
• The initial candidate for the role of Atticus Finch was actor Rock Hudson.
• The film is based on Harper Lee's novel 'To Kill a Mockingbird' (1960). Until 2015, it was the only published novel by the writer.
• During one of the early scenes, Harper Lee visited the set. The scene of Atticus Finch's return home brought Harper Lee to tears – Gregory Peck was so similar to her father. Incidentally, 'Finch' was her father Lee's middle name.
• The interior of the courthouse is an exact replica of the interior of the courthouse in Harper Lee’s hometown of Monroeville, Alabama. Photographers from 'Universal' Studios specifically traveled there before filming.