Kim Stanley provides the adult Scout narration in the 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbird.
Stanley’s contribution is a voice performance rather than an on-screen appearance as Scout. The film uses adult Scout’s retrospective narration to frame the story, recalling events from her childhood in Maycomb during the Great Depression. Mary Badham plays Scout as a child, while Stanley supplies the older voice that guides viewers through the memory.
This division mirrors Harper Lee’s novel, which is narrated by Jean Louise “Scout” Finch as an adult looking back on her younger self. The film therefore combines Badham’s visual performance with Stanley’s uncredited narration. The opening narration establishes that the story is being remembered rather than unfolding from a completely present-tense viewpoint.
A frequent mistake is to credit Mary Badham for all of Scout’s dialogue or to assume Gregory Peck narrates because he plays Atticus Finch. Peck is the film’s central star, but the adult Scout voice belongs to Stanley. The film was directed by Robert Mulligan, with a screenplay by Horton Foote.