To Kill a Mockingbird
A father must expose his children to a small town's outraged passions… and can only protect them with his love.
Scout Finch, 6, and her older brother Jem live in sleepy Maycomb, Alabama, spending much of their time with their friend Dill and spying on their reclusive and mysterious neighbor, Boo Radley.When Atticus, their widowed father and a respected lawyer, defends a black man named Tom Robinson against fabricated rape charges, the trial and tangent events expose the children to evils of racism and stereotyping.
- Director
- Robert Mulligan
- Signature
- Craft · Drama · Tension
- Worldwide
- $13M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
How To Kill a Mockingbird actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
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Story overview
What It's About
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Scout Finch, 6, and her older brother Jem live in sleepy Maycomb, Alabama, spending much of their time with their friend Dill and spying on their reclusive and mysterious neighbor, Boo Radley. When Atticus, their widowed father and a respected lawyer, defends a black man named Tom Robinson against fabricated rape charges, the trial and tangent events expose the children to evils of racism and stereotyping.
Where to watch
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Why We Recommend It
Why It's Ranked
To Kill a Mockingbird appears in 1 Nutevio collection. Here is the argument behind each placement.
- Best Courtroom Dramas Ranked #5
Placed at #5 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
The record
Awards
4 wins · 8 nominations
Academy Awards
3 wins · 8 nominations
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Actor
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Art Direction, Black and White
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White
Golden Globes
1 win
- WinnerGolden Globe Award for Best Film Promoting International Understanding
The numbers
Box Office & Release
To Kill a Mockingbird returned 6.6× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $2M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $13M
- Release date
- Dec 20, 1962
- Runtime
- 2h 9m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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