Storyline
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.
Released
7/24/1996
Runtime
2h 29min
Director
Budget
$40,000,000
Revenue
$152,266,007
Genre
Status
Released
Language
English
Production
Regency Enterprises, Warner Bros. Pictures
Cast
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