| Cast list | | Henry Fonda | as | Clarence Earl Gideon | | José Ferrer | as | Abe Fortas | | John Houseman | as | Chief Justice/Offscreen Narrator | | Fay Wray | as | Edna Curtis | | Sam Jaffe | as | 1st Supreme Court Justice | | Dean Jagger | as | Sixth Supreme Court Justice | | Nicholas Pryor | as | Jacob | | William Prince | as | 5th Supreme Court Justice | | Lane Smith | as | Fred Turner | | Richard McKenzie | as | Judge Robert McCrary | | Dolph Sweet | as | Charlie | | Ford Rainey | as | 2nd Supreme Court Justice | | David Sheiner | as | Abe Krash | | J. Patrick McNamara | as | Harris | | Les Lannom | as | Bobby Earle |
| | Crew list: | | Robert E. Collins (Director) | | Anthony Lewis (Writer) | | David W. Rintels (Writer) |
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