149 minutes
7/24/1996
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.
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
Patrick McGoohan
as Judge Omar Noose
Rae'Ven Larrymore Kelly
as Tonya Hailey
Tonea Stewart
as Gwen Hailey
John Diehl
as Tim Nunley
Chris Cooper
as Dwayne Looney
Nicky Katt
as Billy Ray Cobb
Doug Hutchison
as Pete Willard
Kurtwood Smith
as Stump Sisson
Tim Parati
as Winston
Beth Grant
as Cora Mae Cobb
Anthony Heald
as Wilbert Rodeheaver
M. Emmet Walsh
as Willard Tyrell Bass (uncredited)
Octavia Spencer
as Roark's Nurse
Darrin Mitchell
as Skip Hailey
LaConte McGrew
as Slim Hailey
Devin Lloyd
as Willie Hailey
Mark W. Johnson
as Willie Hastings
Joe Seneca
as Reverend Isaiah Street
Thomas Merdis
as Reverend Ollie Agee
Alexandra Kyle
as Hannah Brigance
Terry Loughlin
as Jury Foreman
Andy Stahl
as Reluctant Male Juror
Joe Bullen
as Joe Frank Perryman
Lorraine Middleton
as Blonde Woman Juror
Graham Timbes
as Male Juror
Jonathan Hadary
as Norman Reinfield
Benjamin Mouton
as Klan Bomber
Byron Jennings
as Brent Musgrove
Patrick Sutton
as Militant Teenager
Greg Lauren
as Taylor
Danny Nelson
as Bud Twitty
Mike Pniewski
as Deputy Tatum
Elizabeth Omilami
as Woman Angry at Klan
Lukas Cain
as Looney's Son
Stacy Rae Toyon
as Looney's Wife
Wayne Dehart
as Claude
Helen E. Floyd
as Waitress at Claude's
David Brian Williams
as Customer at Claude's
Rebecca Koon
as Dell
James M. Crumley Jr.
as Guardsman Mackenvale
Jim Ritchie
as Tom Hardy
Perry Ritchie
as Sarah Hardy
Mike McLaren
as Administrator at Whitfield
Tim Monich
as Reverend Fink
Leonard L. Thomas
as Man in Lumberyard
Brance H. Beamon
as Noose's Butler
Mildred J. Gilbreath
as Noose's Housekeeper
Will Crapps
as Minister
David U. Hodges
as Bailiff
Maggie Wade Dixon
as T.V. Anchor
Russell Hambline
as Old Man Bates
Robert Chapman
as Young Fisherman
Robert R. Bell Jr.
as Fisherman
Tommy McCullough
as Old Fisherman
Ryk St. Vincent
as Deputy
Bettina Rose
as Evelyn
Linda Calvin Johnson
as Sugar
Terrance Freeman
as Court Deputy
Alice Julius-Scott
as N.A.A.C.P. Woman
William Truly Jr.
as N.A.A.C.P. Man #1
Walter L. Hutchins
as N.A.A.C.P. Man #2
Jerry Hunt
as John
Howard Ballou
as Reporter #1 with Hastings
Todd Demers
as Reporter #1 with Jake
Stephanie Strickland
as Stephanie (Reporter #1 with Buckley)
Kim Hendrix
as Kim (Reporter #2 with Buckley)
Rob Jay
as Reporter #3 with Buckley
Sherri Hilton
as Reporter #2 with Jake
Steve Coulter
as Klansman
Jackie Stewart
as Fire Chief
Rosebud Dixon-Green
as Woman at Rally