A Time to Kill

Experience a time you'll never forget.

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.

Crime Drama Thriller

Matthew McConaughey

(Jake Brigance)

Sandra Bullock

(Ellen Roark)

Samuel L. Jackson

(Carl Lee Hailey)

Kevin Spacey

(Rufus Buckley)

Ashley Judd

(Carla Brigance)

Donald Sutherland

(Lucien Wilbanks)

Oliver Platt

(Harry Rex Vonner)

Charles S. Dutton

(Ozzie Walls)

Brenda Fricker

(Ethel Twitty)

Kiefer Sutherland

(Freddie Lee Cobb)

Patrick McGoohan

(Judge Omar Noose)

Rae'Ven Larrymore Kelly

(Tonya Hailey)

Tonea Stewart

(Gwen Hailey)

John Diehl

(Tim Nunley)

Chris Cooper

(Dwayne Looney)

Nicky Katt

(Billy Ray Cobb)

Doug Hutchison

(Pete Willard)

Kurtwood Smith

(Stump Sisson)

Tim Parati

(Winston)

Beth Grant

(Cora Mae Cobb)

Anthony Heald

(Wilbert Rodeheaver)

M. Emmet Walsh

(Willard Tyrell Bass (uncredited))

Octavia Spencer

(Roark's Nurse)

Darrin Mitchell

(Skip Hailey)

LaConte McGrew

(Slim Hailey)

Devin Lloyd

(Willie Hailey)

Mark W. Johnson

(Willie Hastings)

Joe Seneca

(Reverend Isaiah Street)

Thomas Merdis

(Reverend Ollie Agee)

Alexandra Kyle

(Hannah Brigance)

Terry Loughlin

(Jury Foreman)

Andy Stahl

(Reluctant Male Juror)

Joe Bullen

(Joe Frank Perryman)

Lorraine Middleton

(Blonde Woman Juror)

Graham Timbes

(Male Juror)

Jonathan Hadary

(Norman Reinfield)

Benjamin Mouton

(Klan Bomber)

Byron Jennings

(Brent Musgrove)

Patrick Sutton

(Militant Teenager)

Greg Lauren

(Taylor)

Danny Nelson

(Bud Twitty)

Mike Pniewski

(Deputy Tatum)

Elizabeth Omilami

(Woman Angry at Klan)

Lukas Cain

(Looney's Son)

Stacy Rae Toyon

(Looney's Wife)

Wayne Dehart

(Claude)

Helen E. Floyd

(Waitress at Claude's)

David Brian Williams

(Customer at Claude's)

Rebecca Koon

(Dell)

James M. Crumley Jr.

(Guardsman Mackenvale)

Jim Ritchie

(Tom Hardy)

Perry Ritchie

(Sarah Hardy)

Mike McLaren

(Administrator at Whitfield)

Tim Monich

(Reverend Fink)

Leonard L. Thomas

(Man in Lumberyard)

Brance H. Beamon

(Noose's Butler)

Mildred J. Gilbreath

(Noose's Housekeeper)

Will Crapps

(Minister)

David U. Hodges

(Bailiff)

Maggie Wade Dixon

(T.V. Anchor)

Russell Hambline

(Old Man Bates)

Robert Chapman

(Young Fisherman)

Robert R. Bell Jr.

(Fisherman)

Tommy McCullough

(Old Fisherman)

Ryk St. Vincent

(Deputy)

Bettina Rose

(Evelyn)

Linda Calvin Johnson

(Sugar)

Terrance Freeman

(Court Deputy)

Alice Julius-Scott

(N.A.A.C.P. Woman)

William Truly Jr.

(N.A.A.C.P. Man #1)

Walter L. Hutchins

(N.A.A.C.P. Man #2)

Jerry Hunt

(John)

Howard Ballou

(Reporter #1 with Hastings)

Todd Demers

(Reporter #1 with Jake)

Stephanie Strickland

(Stephanie (Reporter #1 with Buckley))

Kim Hendrix

(Kim (Reporter #2 with Buckley))

Rob Jay

(Reporter #3 with Buckley)

Sherri Hilton

(Reporter #2 with Jake)

Steve Coulter

(Klansman)

Jackie Stewart

(Fire Chief)

Rosebud Dixon-Green

(Woman at Rally)