Top billed cast

1. 

   Matthew McConaughey

   Jake Brigance

2. 

   Sandra Bullock

   Ellen Roark

3. 

   Samuel L. Jackson

   Carl Lee Hailey

4. 

   Kevin Spacey

   Rufus Buckley

5. 

   Ashley Judd

   Carla Brigance

6. 

   Donald Sutherland

   Lucien Wilbanks

7. 

   Oliver Platt

   Harry Rex Vonner

8. 

   Charles S. Dutton

   Ozzie Walls

9. 

   Brenda Fricker

   Ethel Twitty

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2023-08-27

The opening scenes of this movie are the sort that stay with you for ever: the brutal assault and murder of a young girl by two rednecks in Mississippi. Before their trial, they are gunned down in the courthouse by the girl's bereft father "Carl Lee Hailey" (Samuel L. Jackson) and it falls to "Brigance" (Matthew McConaughey) to defend the man in a state riddled with institutional and communal bigotry. Kevin Spacey is effective as the DA ("Buckley") who assumes the all white jury will never countenance the murder of these two odious creatures by a black man, but he doesn't count on the resoluti...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$40,000,000.00

Revenue
$152,266,007.00

Keywords

• sniper
• rape
• court
• jurors
• ku klux klan
• mississippi river
• forgiveness
• blackmail
• attempted murder
• trial
• murder
• lawyer
• capital punishment
• gang rape
• racism
• courtroom
• racial tension
• mourning
• racial issues
• courtroom drama
• legal drama
• legal thriller
• black community
• avenging father
• inspirational
• attempted hanging
• frightened