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About
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.
Theatrical
Jul 24, 1996
DVD / Blu-ray
Feb 10, 2009
Box Office
$152.3M
Budget
$40.0M
Return
3.8x
Director
Writer
Producers
Music
Studio
Regency Enterprises, Warner Bros. Pictures
Keywords
ku klux klan
rape
mississippi river
jurors
sniper
blackmail
attempted murder
forgiveness
court
murder
lawyer
trial
capital punishment
gang rape
racism
courtroom
racial tension
mourning
racial issues
courtroom drama
legal drama
legal thriller
black community
avenging father
inspirational
attempted hanging
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Cast
Full credits →M
Matthew McConaughey
Jake Brigance
S
Sandra Bullock
Ellen Roark
Samuel L. Jackson
Carl Lee Hailey
K
Kevin Spacey
Rufus Buckley
A
Ashley Judd
Carla Brigance
D
Donald Sutherland
Lucien Wilbanks
O
Oliver Platt
Harry Rex Vonner
C
Charles S. Dutton
Ozzie Walls
B
Brenda Fricker
Ethel Twitty
K
Kiefer Sutherland
Freddie Lee Cobb
P
Patrick McGoohan
Judge Omar Noose
R
Rae'Ven Larrymore Kelly
Tonya Hailey
T
Tonea Stewart
Gwen Hailey
J
John Diehl
Tim Nunley
C
Chris Cooper
Dwayne Looney
N
Nicky Katt
Billy Ray Cobb
D
Doug Hutchison
Pete Willard
K
Kurtwood Smith
Stump Sisson
T
Tim Parati
Winston
B
Beth Grant
Cora Mae Cobb
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Quotes
See all →Legal Dilemmas in a Courtroom Drama
Carl Lee Hailey
Ask if he thinks I should go to jail.
Jake Tyler Brigance
Carl Lee, they amputated his leg because you shot him. He's the prosecution's witness.
Carl Lee Hailey
You're my lawyer ain't ya? Ask him.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Racial Tensions and Violent Threats in Dialogue
Freddie Lee Cobb
You can't blame a nigger for being a nigger, no more than you can blame a dog for being a dog. But a whore like you, co-mingling with mongrels, betraying your own. That makes you worse than a nigger. I'll tell you what I'll do. I'll leave you tied up here naked. First, it'll just be bugs eating at ya. One day, maybe two. That sun's gonna be cooking you. And animals... they're gonna pick on your stink. They'll come looking for something to eat.
Ellen Roark
Carl Lee Hailey should've shot you too.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
