Gideon's Trumpet

Gideon's Trumpet
CBS
April 30, 1980
Historical Drama
DVD
C

I gave this twenty minutes but it's so slow-moving that the jury was literally still out.  I recognize the sincerity and well-meaning but I just couldn't get into this 1961 case that indirectly led to the right of every defendant to a lawyer.  Gideon's Trumpet is based on a book by Anthony Lewis, adapted into this TV-movie by David W. Rintels.  Robert Collins directed.