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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.
Jul 24, 1996 · A lawyer and his assistant defend a black man accused of killing two white men who raped his daughter in Mississippi. Based on John Grisham's novel, the film stars Matthew McConaughey, Sandra Bullock, Samuel L. Jackson and Kevin Spacey.
- (183K)
- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Joel Schumacher
- 1996-07-24
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...
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- Joel Schumacher
- R
- Sandra Bullock
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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- 149 min
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.
