To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) Movie poster and book cover compared.

To Kill a Mockingbird

Robert Mulligan, 1962

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To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, 1960

To Kill a Mockingbird is a movie directed by Robert Mulligan in 1962 and based on the book of the same name by Harper Lee, first published in 1960. The movie features Gregory Peck, John Megna, Frank Overton, Rosemary Murphy, Ruth White, Brock Peters, and others.

What users say

“The movie is better than the book”

But the book is worth reading.

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RATING

8.2

/ 10

Movie Poster: To Kill a Mockingbird (Robert Mulligan, 1962)

8.5

/ 10

Book Cover: To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee, 1960)

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AUDIOBOOK

Audiobook cover of To Kill a Mockingbird, the 1960 book by Harper Lee.

To Kill a Mockingbird

Read by: Sissy Spacek

Storyline

Scout Finch, 6, and her older brother Jem live in sleepy Maycomb, Alabama. 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.

Movie vs Book

Poster of To Kill a Mockingbird, the 1962 movie by Robert Mulligan

Year

1962

Minutes

129

Movie Rate

8.20

Source: IMDb

Movie

To Kill a Mockingbird

Country: USA

Year: 1962

Length: 2h9m

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Cover of To Kill a Mockingbird, the 1960 book by Harper Lee

Year

1960

Pages

324

Book Rate

8.56

S: Goodreads

Book

To Kill a Mockingbird

Country: USA

First published in: 1960

Length: 324 pages

Genre: Fiction

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Other screen adaptations of the book

Movie poster
Mockingbird (2023)
Movie by Curtis Everitt

User polls & recommendations

Which is better?

Poster of To Kill a Mockingbird, the 1962 movie by Robert Mulligan

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Cover of To Kill a Mockingbird, the 1960 book by Harper Lee

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movie

IS IT WORTH WATCHING?

Poster of To Kill a Mockingbird, the 1962 movie by Robert Mulligan

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Yes

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18% No

9 votes

2 votes

book

IS IT WORTH READING?

Cover of To Kill a Mockingbird, the 1960 book by Harper Lee

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33% No

8 votes

4 votes

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