Marshall

2017
US
1h 58min
15

Directed by: Reginald Hudlin
Written by: Jacob Koskoff, Michael Koskoff
Cast: Chadwick Boseman, Josh Gad, Kate Hudson
UK release: 20 October 2017

Thurgood Marshall (Boseman), chief counsel for the NAACP, has to defend a black man accused of the rape and attempted murder of his white employer. Boseman has charisma to burn as the future first African-American US Supreme Court Judge, and he has likeable chemistry with Gad as the nebbish lawyer who assists him. Highly satisfying true-life courtroom drama.

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Marshall

18 Oct 2017

Chadwick Boseman is the charismatic centre of an engaging, courtroom-based biopic

After playing Jackie Robinson in 42 and James Brown in Get on Up, actor Chadwick Boseman (Marvel's Black Panther) adds to his roster of important figures of the 20th century with his role as Thurgood Marshall, the NAACP lawyer who would later take on…