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This rare taping of Henry Fonda's 1974 one-man Broadway show is an entertaining, living memoir of legendary attorney Clarence Darrow.
The play, directed by John Houseman and adapted from Irving Stone's biography, was taped before a live audience and broadcast on TV in the 1970s. Efficient and spirited, the play blends many of Darrow's courtroom speeches with his recollections. His caseload included many towering landmark cases: the Pullman strike, the LA Times bombing, Leopold and Loeb, and the Scopes monkey trial. He played to his passions: prolabor and antideath penalty.
Fonda is a perfect choice for playing Darrow, an
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