A Time to Kill

Plot

A young lawyer defends a black man accused of murdering two white men who raped his 10-year-old daughter, sparking a rebirth of the KKK.

  • Joel Schumacher

    Director

  • Akiva Goldsman

    Screenplay

  • John Grisham

    Novel

  • Peter Menzies Jr.

    Director of Photography

  • William Steinkamp

    Editor

  • Matthew McConaughey

    Jake Brigance

  • Sandra Bullock

    Ellen Roark

  • Samuel L. Jackson

    Carl Lee Hailey

  • Kevin Spacey

    Rufus Buckley

  • Ashley Judd

    Carla Brigance

  • Donald Sutherland

    Lucien Wilbanks

  • Oliver Platt

    Harry Rex Vonner

  • Charles S. Dutton

    Ozzie Walls

  • Brenda Fricker

    Ethel Twitty

  • Kiefer Sutherland

    Freddie Lee Cobb

  • Patrick McGoohan

    Judge Omar Noose

  • Rae'Ven Larrymore Kelly

    Tonya Hailey

  • Tonea Stewart

    Gwen Hailey

  • John Diehl

    Tim Nunley

  • Chris Cooper

    Dwayne Looney

  • Nicky Katt

    Billy Ray Cobb

  • Doug Hutchison

    Pete Willard

  • Kurtwood Smith

    Stump Sisson

  • Tim Parati

    Winston

  • Beth Grant

    Cora Mae Cobb

  • Anthony Heald

    Wilbert Rodeheaver

  • M. Emmet Walsh

    Willard Tyrell Bass (uncredited)

  • Octavia Spencer

    Roark's Nurse

  • Darrin Mitchell

    Skip Hailey

  • LaConte McGrew

    Slim Hailey

  • Devin Lloyd

    Willie Hailey

  • Mark W. Johnson

    Willie Hastings

  • Joe Seneca

    Reverend Isaiah Street

  • Thomas Merdis

    Reverend Ollie Agee

  • Alexandra Kyle

    Hannah Brigance

  • Terry Loughlin

    Jury Foreman

  • Andy Stahl

    Reluctant Male Juror

  • Joe Bullen

    Joe Frank Perryman

  • Lorraine Middleton

    Blonde Woman Juror

  • Graham Timbes

    Male Juror

  • Jonathan Hadary

    Norman Reinfield

  • Benjamin Mouton

    Klan Bomber

  • Byron Jennings

    Brent Musgrove

  • Patrick Sutton

    Militant Teenager

  • Greg Lauren

    Taylor

  • Runtime

    149 minutes

    Released

    1996-07-24

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    United States of America

    Studios

    Regency Enterprises

    Warner Bros. Pictures

    Sound

  • Elliot Goldenthal

    Original Music Composer

  • Updated

    78 days ago

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