Drama TV Movie
Muhammad Ali’s historic Supreme Court battle from behind closed doors. When Ali was drafted into the Vietnam War at the height of his boxing career, his claim to conscientious objector status led to a controversial legal battle that rattled the U.S. judicial system right up to the highest court in the land.
Directed by
Stephen Frears
Written by
Shawn Slovo
Christopher Plummer
John Marshall Harlan
Danny Glover
Justice Thurgood Marshall
Pablo Schreiber
Covert Becker
Ed Begley Jr.
Justice Harry Blackmun
Harris Yulin
William O. Douglas
Frank Langella
Chief Justice Warren Burger
Peter Gerety
William Brennan
Damian Young
Ramsey Clark
Victor Slezak
Marshal of the Court
John Bedford Lloyd
Byron 'Whizzer' White
Benjamin Walker
Kevin Kennedy
Kathleen Chalfant
Ethel Harlan
Fritz Weaver
Hugo Black
Dana Ivey
Mrs. Paige
Bob Balaban
Lawyer (uncredited)
Peter McRobbie
Erwin Griswold
Muhammad Ali
Himself (archive footage)
Lisa Joyce
Donna Connolly
Chuck Cooper
Chauncey Eskridge
Jon Gabrus
Stoned Clerk
Justin Swain
Burger's Second Clerk
Drew Gehling
Marshall's Clerk
Charlie Hewson
Burger's Clerk
Keith Nobbs
Douglas's Clerk
Steven Hauck
Maitre D'
Pamela Stewart
Librarian
Brett G. Smith
Nate Dern
Blackmun's Second Clerk
Christopher McLinden
Black's Second Clerk
Kerry Malloy
Vietnam Vet
Lizan Mitchell
Housekeeper
James Francis Ginty
Brennan's Clerk
Greg Connolly
Doctor
Pete Klein
Ben Steinfeld
Sam Edelstein
Allie Woods Jr.
Petrus, Burger's Valet
Matt Stadelmann
Black's Clerk
Rachel Claire
Edelstein's Wife
Alex Dreier
Edelstein's Son
Amy Tribbey
Nurse
Ed Jewett
Tourist
Mary Mulligan
Court Officer
Cameron Taylor
Black's Secretary
John Thomas Waite
Messenger
Caroline Christl Long
Court Librarian
Andy Volin
Reporter

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