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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.
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- 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.
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
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- Joel Schumacher
- R
- 22
Carl Lee Hailey (Samuel L. Jackson) is a heartbroken black father who avenges his daughter's brutal rape by shooting the bigoted men responsible for the crime as...
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- Drama, Mystery & Thriller
- R
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.
