A Lesson Before Dying

A Lesson Before Dying
1999TV MovieDrama101 mins

Plot

In the 1940s South, an African-American man is wrongly accused of the killing a a white store owner. In his defense, his white attorney equates him with a lowly hog, to indicate that he didn't have the sense to... read more

  • Joseph Sargent

    Director

  • Ann Peacock

    Teleplay

  • Ernest J. Gaines

    Novel

  • Don Cheadle

    Grant Wiggins

  • Cicely Tyson

    Tante Lou

  • Mekhi Phifer

    Jefferson

  • Irma P. Hall

    Miss Emma

  • Brent Jennings

    Reverend Ambrose

  • Lisa Arrindell

    Vivian Baptiste

  • Dana Ivey

    Edna Guidry

  • Frank Hoyt Taylor

    Sheriff Guidry

  • Stuart Culpepper

    Henri Pichot

  • Von Coulter

    Farrell Jarreau

  • Elijah Kelley

    Clarence

  • Wynton Yates

    Louis Washington

  • Runtime

    101 minutes

    Released

    1999-05-22

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    United States of America

    Studios

    Spanky Pictures

    HBO Films

    Ellen M. Krass Productions

    Updated

    848 days ago

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