Movie
A Time to Kill
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1996-07-24
- Runtime
- 149 min
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Regency Enterprises, Warner Bros. Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Matthew McConaughey as Jake Brigance
- Sandra Bullock as Ellen Roark
- Samuel L. Jackson as Carl Lee Hailey
- Kevin Spacey as Rufus Buckley
- Ashley Judd as Carla Brigance
- Donald Sutherland as Lucien Wilbanks
- Oliver Platt as Harry Rex Vonner
- Charles S. Dutton as Ozzie Walls
- Brenda Fricker as Ethel Twitty
- Kiefer Sutherland as Freddie Lee Cobb
- Patrick McGoohan as Judge Omar Noose
- Rae'Ven Larrymore Kelly as Tonya Hailey
Crew
- Joel Schumacher - Director
- Akiva Goldsman - Screenplay
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