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.
Matthew McConaughey | Jake Tyler Brigance | |
Sandra Bullock | Ellen Roark | |
Samuel L. Jackson | Carl Lee Hailey | |
Kevin Spacey | D.A. Rufus Buckley | |
Oliver Platt | Harry Rex Vonner | |
Charles S. Dutton | Sheriff Ozzie Walls | |
Brenda Fricker | Ethel Twitty | |
Donald Sutherland | Lucien Wilbanks | |
Kiefer Sutherland | Freddie Lee Cobb | |
Patrick McGoohan | Judge Omar Noose | |
Ashley Judd | Carla Brigance | |
Tonea Stewart | Gwen Hailey | |
Rae'ven Kelly | Tonya Hailey | |
Darrin Mitchell | Skip Hailey | |
LaConte McGrew | Slim Hailey | |
Devin Lloyd | Willie Hailey | |
John Diehl | Tim Nunley | |
Chris Cooper | Deputy Dwayne Powell Looney | |
Nicky Katt | Billy Ray Cobb | |
Doug Hutchison | James Louis 'Pete' Willard | |
Kurtwood Smith | Stump Sisson | |
Tim Parati | Winston | |
Mark W. Johnson | Deputy Willie Hastings | |
Beth Grant | Cora Mae Cobb | |
Joe Seneca | Reverend Isaiah Street |
Director | Joel Schumacher | |
Writer | John Grisham, Akiva Goldsman | |
Producer | William M. Elvin, John Grisham, Hunt Lowry, Arnon Milchan, Michael G. Nathanson | |
Musician | Elliot Goldenthal | |
Photography | Peter Menzies Jr. |