On this day in movie history - To Kill a Mockingbird (1962):

To Kill a Mockingbird

directed by Robert Mulligan,

written by Horton Foote,

based on the novel by Harper Lee,

was released in the United States on December 25, 1962.

Music by Elmer Bernstein.

Cast:

Gregory Peck, John Megna, Frank Overton, Rosemary Murphy, Ruth White, Brock Peters, Estelle Evans, Paul Fix, Collin Wilcox Paxton, James Anderson, Alice Ghostley, Robert Duvall, William Windom, Crahan Denton, Richard Hale, Mary Badham, Phillip Alford, R.L. Armstrong, Walter Bacon, Eddie Baker, Bobby Barber, John Barton, Audrey Betz, Danny Borzage, John Breen, Jess Cavin, Noble 'Kid' Chissell, Jack Clinton, Steve Condit, May Couch, David Crawford, Frank Ellis, Jamie Forster, Charles Fredericks, Raoul Freeman, Herman Hack, Jester Hairston, Chuck Hamilton, Kim Hamilton, Kim Hector, Michael Jeffers, Dick Johnstone, Chester Jones, Colin Kenny, Ethan Laidlaw, Nancy Marshall, Clyde McLeod, Charles McQuary, Charles Morton, Paulene Myers, William H. O'Brien, Charles Perry, Joe Ploski, Hugh Sanders, Barry Seltzer, Edward C. Short, Mabel Smaney, Eddie Smith, Walter Smith, Cap Somers, George Sowards, Ray Spiker, Kim Stanley, Jay Sullivan, Kelly Thordsen, Arthur Tovey, George Tracy, Sailor Vincent, Max Wagner, Bill Walker, Joe Walls, Dan White, Guy Wilkerson, Chalky Williams.

Born on this day – Robert Mulligan:

Robert Mulligan

Director

Producer

August 23, 1925 – December 20, 2008

Credits:

Ah, Wilderness! (1959); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1955); Baby the Rain Must Fall (1965); Bloodbrothers (1978); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1967); Cinema (1971); Clara's Heart (1988); Come September (1961); Fear Strikes Out (1957); Fearful Symmetry (1998); Goodyear Playhouse (1955–1957); Gregory Peck: His Own Man (1988); Hollywood Insider (2022); Inside Daisy Clover (1965); Kiss Me Goodbye (1982); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1954–1955); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1956); Love with the Proper Stranger (1963); Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady (1982); Playhouse 90 (1957–1960); Rendezvous (1958); Same Time, Next Year (1978); Studio One (1956–1957); Summer of '42 (1971); Suspense (1952–1954); The 81st Annual Academy Awards (2009); The Alcoa Hour (1955–1956); The DuPont Show of the Month (1958–1959); The Great Impostor (1960); The Making of: The Nickel Ride (2019); The Making of: The Other (2021); The Man in the Moon (1991); The Moon and Sixpence (1959); The Nickel Ride (1974); The Other (1972); The Pursuit of Happiness (1971); The Rat Race (1960); The Seven Lively Arts (1957); The Spiral Road (1962); The Stalking Moon (1968); To Kill a Mockingbird (1962); Up the Down Staircase (1967); Victor Borge: Comedy in Music (1956).