Scout Finch, 6, and her older brother Jem live in sleepy Maycomb, Alabama, spending much of their time with their friend Dill and spying on their reclusive and mysterious neighbor, Boo Radley. When Atticus, their widowed father and a respected lawyer, defends a black man named Tom Robinson against fabricated rape charges, the trial and tangent events expose the children to evils of racism and stereotyping.

时值美国内战爆发前夕，约翰和家人生活在平静的南方农场里，但是喜欢画画的约翰按奈不住对外面世界的向往，一心想出去闯荡一番事业，征得父母的同意后，他投奔了远在北方开报社的姨父，一年后，内战即将爆发，南北的冲突日益剧烈，两边都在招兵买马，约翰的两个哥哥已经加入了南方联军，此时的约翰选择了北方，但是他也不想为北方而战，他所要做的是将历史记载在画板上，让南北的人民都认识到内战给国家和人民带来的危害，这就是他没有硝烟的战场。 此片拥有强大的演员阵容，绝对堪称"经典"的一部电影！

1953 film directed by William Wyler