A Time To Kill Released Date, Rating, Genre, Cast

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Released Date

July 24, 1996

Distributor

Warner Bros.

Genre

Thriller

Rating

Worldwide Gross

Domestic Gross + International Gross = Worldwide Gross
$108,766,007 + $43,500,000 = $152,266,007

Cast

Sandra Bullock, Samuel L. Jackson, Matthew McConaughey, Octavia Spencer, Kevin Spacey, Kiefer Sutherland, Donald Sutherland, Ashley Judd, Oliver Platt, Chris Cooper, Brenda Fricker, Patrick McGoohan

Sandra Bullock

as Ellen Roark

Samuel L. Jackson

as Carl Lee Hailey

Matthew McConaughey

as Jake Brigance

Octavia Spencer

as Roark's Nurse

Kevin Spacey

as Rufus Buckley

Kiefer Sutherland

as Freddie Lee Cobb

Donald Sutherland

as Lucien Wilbanks

Ashley Judd

as Carla Brigance

Oliver Platt

as Harry Rex Vonner

Chris Cooper

as Dwayne Looney

Brenda Fricker

as Ethel Twitty

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Patrick McGoohan

as Judge Omar Noose

About A Time To Kill

In Canton, Mississippi, a fearless young lawyer and his assistant defend a black man accused of murdering two white men who raped his ten-year-old daughter, inciting violent retribution and revenge from the Ku Klux Klan.

About

Carl Lee Hailey gets revenge on the man who brutally raped his young daughter by shooting him. Lawyer Jake Brigance is his only hope Carl has to be acquitted.

Trivia

The film is based on the novel of the same name by John Grisham. The film marks Octavia Spencer's film debut.