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A Time to Kill
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.
1996 · Directed by Joel Schumacher · 149 min · Crime · Drama · Thriller · 14 frames
Tagline
Experience a time you'll never forget.
Crew
- Screenplay: Akiva Goldsman
- Cinematography: Peter Menzies Jr.
- Edited by: William Steinkamp
- Music: Elliot Goldenthal
- Production design: Larry Fulton
- Produced by: Michael G. Nathanson, John Grisham, Hunt Lowry, Arnon Milchan
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
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Regency Enterprises, Warner Bros. Pictures
- Budget: $40,000,000
- Box office: $152,266,007
- Themes: sniper, rape, court, jurors, ku klux klan, mississippi river, forgiveness, blackmail, attempted murder, trial
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