Movies / A Time to Kill (1996)
Runtime: 149 min
Languages: English
Countries: USA
Old ways die hard... and even now in the fast-changing American South, some old ways die harder than others. It's the lesson learned by Carl Lee Hailey, a Mississippi factory worker, when his ten-year-old daughter is brutally assaulted by two racist thugs on a drunken spree. It's the lesson learned by eager young lawyer Jake Brigance, called upon to defend Carl Lee in court after Hailey shoots both men in an act of passionate retribution for the shattered innocence of his little girl. And it's the lesson learned by Ellen Roark, an energetic, ambitious and razor-sharp Boston-born law student at "Ole Miss." As Jake fights to defend Carl Lee, his own life and the safety of his family and colleagues become increasingly jeopardized. And now, as a full-scale conflagration simmers just below the surface and threatens to explode in this small, Southern community, Jake and Carl Lee must find a way to transcend their fundamental differences and work together for the same cause... equal justice.
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Directors (1) | Credit |
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Joel Schumacher | ... |
Writers (2) | Credit |
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Akiva Goldsman | (screenplay) |
John Grisham | (novel "A Time To Kill") |
Composers (1) | Credit |
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Elliot Goldenthal | ... |
Editors (1) | Credit |
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William Steinkamp | ... |
Cinematographers (1) | Credit |
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Peter Menzies Jr. | (director of photography) |
Actors (84) | Credit |
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Alexandra Kyle | Hannah Brigance |
Alice Julius-Scott | N.A.A.C.P. Woman |
Andy Stahl | Reluctant Male Juror |
Anthony Heald | Dr. Wilbert Rodeheaver |
Ashley Judd | Carla Brigance |
Benjamin Mouton | Klan Bomber |
Beth Grant | Cora Mae Cobb |
Bettina Rose | Evelyn (Buckley's Secretary) |
Brance H. Beamon | Noose's Butler |
Brenda Fricker | Ethel Twitty |
Byron Jennings | Brent Musgrove |
Charles S. Dutton | Sheriff Ozzie Walls (as Charles Dutton) |
Chris Cooper | Deputy Dwayne Powell Looney |
Danny Nelson | Bud Twitty |
Darrin Mitchell | Skip Hailey |
David Brian Williams | Customer at Claude's |
David U. Hodges | Bailiff |
Devin Lloyd | Willie Hailey |
Donald Sutherland | Lucien Wilbanks |
Doug Hutchison | James Louis 'Pete' Willard |
Dr. William Truly Jr. | N.A.A.C.P. Man #1 |
Elizabeth Omilami | Woman Angry at Klan |
Eva Ford | Courtroom Observer / Townsperson (uncredited) |
Graham Timbes | Male Juror |
Greg Lauren | Taylor |
Helen E. Floyd | Waitress at Claude's |
Howard Ballou | Reporter #1 with Hastings |
Jackie Stewart | Fire Chief |
James M. Crumley Jr. | Guardsman Mackenvale |
Jerry Hunt | John (the Electrical Company Worker) |
Jim Ritchie | Tom Hardy |
Joe Bullen | Joe Frank Perryman |
Joe Seneca | Reverend Isaiah Street |
John Diehl | Tim Nunley |
Jonathan Hadary | Norman Reinfield |
Kevin Spacey | D.A. Rufus Buckley |
Kiefer Sutherland | Freddie Lee Cobb |
Kim Hendrix | Kim (Reporter #2 with Buckley) |
Kurtwood Smith | Stump Sisson |
LaConte McGrew | Slim Hailey |
Leonard L. Thomas | Man in Lumberyard (as Leonard Thomas) |
Linda Calvin Johnson | Sugar |
Lorin Moore | Bar Patron (uncredited) |
Lorraine Middleton | Blonde Woman Juror |
Lukas Cain | Looney's Son |
Maggie Wade Dixon | T.V. Anchor |
Mark W. Johnson | Deputy Willie Hastings (as Mark Whitman Johnson) |
Matthew McConaughey | Jake Tyler Brigance |
M. Emmet Walsh | Dr. Willard Tyrell 'W.T.' Bass (the Defense Psychologist) (uncredited) |
Mike McLaren | Administrator at Whitfield |
Mike Pniewski | Deputy Tatum |
Mildred J. Gilbreath | Noose's Housekeeper |
Nicky Katt | Billy Ray Cobb |
Octavia Spencer | Roark's Nurse |
Oliver Platt | Harry Rex Vonner |
Patrick McGoohan | Judge Omar Noose |
Patrick Sutton | Militant Teenager |
Perry Ritchie | Sarah Hardy |
Rae'Ven Larrymore Kelly | Tonya Hailey (as RaéVen Larrymore Kelly) |
Rebecca Koon | Dell |
Robert 'Bobby Z' Zajonc | (uncredited) |
Robert Chapman | Young Fisherman |
Robert R. Bell Jr. | Fisherman |
Rob Jay | Reporter #3 with Buckley |
Rosebud Dixon-Green | Woman at Rally |
Russell Hambline | Old Man Bates |
Ryk St. Vincent | Deputy |
Samuel L. Jackson | Carl Lee Hailey |
Sandra Bullock | Ellen Roark |
Sherri Hilton | Reporter #2 with Jake |
Stacy Rae Toyon | Looney's Wife |
Stephanie Strickland | Stephanie (Reporter #1 with Buckley) |
Steve Coulter | Klansman |
Terrance Freeman | Court Deputy |
Terry Loughlin | Jury Foreman |
Thomas Merdis | Reverend Ollie Agee |
Tim Monich | Reverend Fink (as Timothy F. Monich) |
Tim Parati | Winston |
Todd Demers | Reporter #1 with Jake |
Tommy McCullough | Old Fisherman |
Tonea Stewart | Gwen Hailey |
Walter L. Hutchins | N.A.A.C.P. Man #2 |
Wayne Dehart | Claude |
Will Crapps | Minister |