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.
John Marshall Harlan
Chief Justice Warren Burger
Justice Harry Blackmun
William Brennan
Justice Potter Stewart
Byron 'Whizzer' White
Hugo Black
William O. Douglas
Justice Thurgood Marshall
Kevin Kennedy
Covert Becker
Sam Edelstein
Mrs. Paige
Ethel Harlan
Donna Connolly
Erwin Griswold
Ramsey Clark
Chauncey Eskridge
Marshal of the Court
Petrus, Burger's Valet
Burger's Clerk
Burger's Second Clerk
Blackmun's Clerk
Blackmun's Second Clerk
Brennan's Clerk
White's Clerk
Black's Clerk
Black's Second Clerk
Douglas's Clerk
Marshall's Clerk
Edelstein's Wife
Edelstein's Son
Doctor
Nurse
Stoned Clerk
Maitre D'
Librarian
Vietnam Vet
Tourist
Housekeeper
Court Officer
Black's Secretary
Messenger
Lawyer (uncredited)
Himself (archive footage)
Court Librarian
Reporter
