

04/10/2013
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.

Christopher Plummer
as John Marshall Harlan

Frank Langella
as Chief Justice Warren Burger

Ed Begley Jr.
as Justice Harry Blackmun

Peter Gerety
as William Brennan

Barry Levinson
as Justice Potter Stewart

John Bedford Lloyd
as Byron 'Whizzer' White

Fritz Weaver
as Hugo Black

Harris Yulin
as William O. Douglas

Danny Glover
as Justice Thurgood Marshall

Benjamin Walker
as Kevin Kennedy

Pablo Schreiber
as Covert Becker

Ben Steinfeld
as Sam Edelstein

Dana Ivey
as Mrs. Paige

Kathleen Chalfant
as Ethel Harlan

Lisa Joyce
as Donna Connolly

Peter McRobbie
as Erwin Griswold

Damian Young
as Ramsey Clark

Chuck Cooper
as Chauncey Eskridge

Victor Slezak
as Marshal of the Court

Allie Woods Jr.
as Petrus, Burger's Valet

Charlie Hewson
as Burger's Clerk

Justin Swain
as Burger's Second Clerk

Max Spitulnik
as Blackmun's Clerk

Nate Dern
as Blackmun's Second Clerk

James Francis Ginty
as Brennan's Clerk

Will Cart
as White's Clerk

Matt Stadelmann
as Black's Clerk

Christopher McLinden
as Black's Second Clerk

Keith Nobbs
as Douglas's Clerk

Drew Gehling
as Marshall's Clerk

Rachel Claire
as Edelstein's Wife

Alex Dreier
as Edelstein's Son

Greg Connolly
as Doctor

Amy Tribbey
as Nurse

Jon Gabrus
as Stoned Clerk

Steven Hauck
as Maitre D'

Pamela Stewart
as Librarian

Kerry Malloy
as Vietnam Vet

Ed Jewett
as Tourist

Lizan Mitchell
as Housekeeper

Mary Mulligan
as Court Officer

Cameron Taylor
as Black's Secretary

John Thomas Waite
as Messenger

Bob Balaban
as Lawyer (uncredited)

Muhammad Ali
as Himself (archive footage)

Caroline Christl Long
as Court Librarian

Andy Volin
as Reporter
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