In the mid-1960s a television series told some of JFK's Profiles in Courage stories
and then added many other episodes...
Full Episode on Georgia Governor John Slaton
"Georgia governor John M. Slaton becomes the target of violent threats when he commutes the death sentence of Jewish convicted murderer Leo Frank in 1915. Stars Walter Matthau as John M. Slaton."
in addition, in 1963, the film PT 109 described President Kennedy's World War II heroism,
a very different kind of courage from that described in his book...
Profiles in Courage Awards