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Overview
Based on the real-life lawsuit of journalist Quentin Reynolds against columnist Westbrook Pegler, portraying the courtroom battle where Reynolds sues Pegler for calling him a communist; stars Van Heflin as the lawyer and Jose Ferrer as the bigoted columnist, dramatizing how they slowly trap the writer in his own lies, ultimately leading to a win for Reynolds and highlighting McCarthy-era politics, with the story adapted from Louis Nizer's book My Life in Court.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- February 11, 1968
- Original language
- English
- Production
- Talent Associates,ABC
- Cast
- Angie Dickinson,Van Heflin,Rosemary Murphy,John Beal,George Grizzard,Anthony Quayle,Marc Connelly,E.G. Marshall,José Ferrer,Lloyd Bridges
- Director
- Charles Jarrott
- Writer
- Henry Denker,Louis Nizer
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
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