
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