Sandra Bullock
Ellen Roark
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Jul 24, 1996 · A lawyer and his assistant defend a black man accused of killing two white men who raped his daughter in Mississippi. The film stars Matthew McConaughey, Sandra Bullock, Samuel L. Jackson and Kevin Spacey, and is directed by Joel Schumacher.
- (182K)
- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Joel Schumacher
- 1996-07-24
A Time to Kill is a 1996 American legal drama film based on John Grisham's 1989 novel of the same name. Sandra Bullock, Samuel L. Jackson, Matthew McConaughey, and Kevin Spacey star with Donald and Kiefer Sutherland appearing in supporting roles and Octavia Spencer in her film debut.
A movie about a black man who kills two white rapists of his daughter and a white lawyer who defends him in a racist Mississippi town. The plot summary includes the main characters, the legal and social conflicts, and the violent events that unfold.
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- Joel Schumacher
- R
- 22
Plot. In the small town of Clanton, in fictional Ford County, Mississippi, a ten-year-old African-American girl named Tonya Hailey is violently raped by two neo-Confederates, James "Pete" Willard and Billy Ray Cobb, shortly after stealing a Confederate Flag from a local college exhibition.
- John Grisham
- 1989
Jul 26, 1996 · A movie adaptation of John Grisham's novel about a black father who kills his daughter's rapists and hires a white lawyer to defend him. Roger Ebert praises the performances and the direction, but questions the morality and the portrayal of black characters.
Find out who starred in the movie A Time to Kill, based on John Grisham's novel, directed by Joel Schumacher and written by Akiva Goldsman. See the full list of actors, producers, composers, cinematographers and more on IMDb.
