A BBC-produced docudrama reconstructing the trial of the Chicago Eight, using courtroom transcripts as its primary source. Directed by Christopher Burstall, the film dramatizes the prosecution of anti–Vietnam War protesters charged with conspiracy and incitement, presenting the proceedings as a precise trial reenactment grounded in documented testimony rather than fictionalized narrative.

Morris Carnovsky
as Judge Julius J. Hoffman

Cliff Gorman
as Abbie Hoffman

Al Freeman Jr.
as Bobby Seale

Robert Loggia
as Leonard Weinglass

Ronny Cox
as Jerry Rubin

Douglas Lambert
as Tom Hayden

Barton Heyman
as David Dellinger

Shane Rimmer
as Thomas Foran

James Patterson
as William Kunstler

Peter Jobin
as Rennard C. Davis