A great film which sadly encouraged many idealists to become part of a corrupt legal system

Rating: 9/10 (26 December 2010)

This is a wonderful, wonderful film.
And terribly brave for 1962.
Ms Badham was the best tomboy ever.
Peck would have got my vote, if I had one, for President.
However, by the law of unintended consequences, To Kill a Mockingbird has persuaded generations of idealistic young persons to go into a legal system which is not interested in searching for the truth, and which requires them to deploy the techniques of sophistry, i.e. the art of lying.
By the time they realize that, it is too late: they have to pay off the mortgage, and calculate how many bottles of Krug they can fit into the boot of their Maserati.