Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
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 | |
RaéVen Kelly | ... | Tonya Hailey (as RaéVen Larrymore Kelly) | |
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Darrin Mitchell | ... | Skip Hailey |
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LaConte McGrew | ... | Slim Hailey |
When Tonya Hailey, an innocent little African-American girl is raped and beaten by 2 beer-guzzling rednecks, the town of Clanton, Mississippi is shocked. Her father Carl Lee Hailey is outraged, and figuring he could not see those boys set free, decides to take justice into his own hands and kills them in the court house, in front of numerous witnesses. Now it's up to Jake Brigance to get Carl Lee off the hook. He has people that help him, but he is up against tough D.A. Rufus Buckley. Will he be able to prove that a black man can get a fair trial in Mississippi? Written by Alexis <LSmith6135@aol.com>
I'm not sure why I didn't see this film when it came out, but I watched it for the first time last week and was blown away. "A time to kill" is not only very well done, but it shows the way racism is dealt with in an intertesting way. Every character is not only well developed, but the actors playing them make it totally believable.
Kevin Spacey and Samuel L. Jackson, who remain two of the finest American actors are definetly one of the best parts of the film. I'm not really sure how this film was received when it was released, but I consider it to be one of the most well done films I've seen recently.