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