Based on Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize winning novel To Kill A Mockingbird is the story of a few summers with Jem and Scout Finch (Philip Alford and Mary Badham) in a sleepy Alabama town during the early 1930's and how they see things such as the spooky Radley house down the street and their father Atticus' (Gregory Peck) defense of a wrongly accused black man.
This film is just as strong and poetic as the literature its based upon. Gregory Peck becomes the soul of Atticus Finch, a man not to emotional yet he always knows the right thing to say. This is probably Peck's best work and creates a tangible vision of an American hero on the level of a John Wayne, just without the calvary.
There isn't much action in the film yet the story flows with its unforgettable characters and the portrayal of the world these children exist in. This is one of the rare instances where the film deserves as much praise as the novel its based upon.
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