A 1940s Connecticut “Crime of the Century” courtroom drama, written by Connecticut attorney Michael Koskoff and exploring the rich personality of a young Thurgood Marshall, hits big screens nationwide next month.

Simply titled “Marshall,” the fact-based film is anything but a mere biopic about one of American history’s most revered jurists, as it centers around one of the most scandalous criminal cases of the 20th century, involving a beautiful rich white woman accusing her black chauffeur of brutally raping her before throwing her into a reservoir.