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