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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.
With Matthew McConaughey, Sandra Bullock, Samuel L. Jackson, Kevin Spacey. In Canton, Mississippi, young lawyer Jake Brigance and his aide Harry Vonner defend black Carl Lee Hailey accused of killing two white men who raped his ten-year-old daughter Tonya, inciting violent retribution.
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- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Joel Schumacher
- 1996-07-24
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 occur during the trial.
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
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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- Joel Schumacher
- R
- Sandra Bullock
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.
Jul 8, 2014 · John Grisham's bestseller A Time to Kill hits the screen with incendiary force, directed by Joel Schumacher (Batman Forever, The Client). Sandra Bullock, Samuel L. Jackson, Matthew...
- 2 min
- 726.6K
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