
He tells Atticus he is concerned that "people are saying you believed Tom Robinson's story agin ourn." He becomes quite hostile, but Atticus remains calm, and cold. Bob Ewell (James Anderson), the girl's father, confronts Atticus in the hallway. Tom is a black man who has been accused of raping and beating a young white woman, Mayella Ewell. They end up looking in to the preliminary hearing concerning Tom Robinson. Dill suggests they all go to the courthouse to see where Boo Radley had been locked up. Jem can't avoid it when Scout, rolling in a loose tire, ends up at the foot of their steps.

The next day, Dill dares Jem to go up to the Radley's porch. He is relieved and grateful when Atticus agrees to. Judge Taylor (Paul Fix) comes to ask Atticus to defend in a problematic case involving a man named Tom Robinson. When she asks about Boo Radley, Atticus reminds her that he has told them "to leave those poor people alone." They reminisce about her mother, who died when Scout was two and Jem was six. That evening, Atticus listens to Scout read aloud. Atticus handles her with his customary grace and sensitivity. Dubose, who rails at them from her porch. At 5:00 o'clock they walk to meet Atticus, returning home, and pass by elderly Mrs. Dill's Aunt Stephanie (Alice Ghostly) adds to the story. Jem describes him as a homicidal maniac of frightening appearance. They tell him about the neighbor two houses away they have never seen. He is Dill (John Mosna), staying with his Aunt Stephanie for the summer.

#TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD PATCH#
In the collard patch of their neighbor they discover a boy a little older than Scout. Their cook Calpurnia (Estelle Evans) wants Scout's older brother Jem (Phillip Alford) to come in for breakfast, but he is sulking in his treehouse because Atticus says he is "too old to play football for the Methodists." Miss Maudie (Rosemary Murphy) across the street assures them that he is respected as a very skilled lawyer.

Cunningham leaves, Atticus explains that he is embarrassed to have to pay for "some legal work" in this way. She summons her father Atticus (Gregory Peck) to thank him. Jean Louise "Scout" Finch (Mary Badham), wearing bib overalls and her hair in bangs, greets Walter Cunningham, a farmer who is dropping off some hickory nuts. An adult woman is recalling formative events of her childhood in the small Alabama town of Macomb, that was "a tired old town even in 1932" when she "first knew it." They had recently been told they "had nothing to fear but fear itself," which refers to FDR's inaugural address of March 1933. The titles appear as a young child babbles while picking through childhood mementos found in a cigar box.
