A Time to Kill (1996) - film review

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A Time to Kill is an American thriller film first released in 1996, directed by Joel Schumacher. The film stars Matthew McConaughey, Sandra Bullock, Samuel L. Jackson, Kevin Spacey and Oliver Platt. Our overall rating for this film is: good.

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Director: Joel Schumacher
Script: John Grisham, Akiva Goldsman
Photo: Peter Menzies Jr.
Music: Elliot Goldenthal
Cast: 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 Larrymore 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), Anthony Heald (Dr. Wilbert Rodeheaver), Thomas Merdis (Reverend Ollie Agee), Alexandra Kyle (Hannah Brigance), Terry Loughlin (Jury Foreman), Andy Stahl (Reluctant Male Juror), Joe Bullen (Joe Frank Perryman), Lorraine Middleton (Blonde Woman Juror), Graham Timbes (Male Juror), Jonathan Hadary (Norman Reinfield), Benjamin Mouton (Klan Bomber), Byron Jennings (Brent Musgrove), Patrick Sutton (Militant Teenager), Greg Lauren (Taylor), Danny Nelson (Bud Twitty), Mike Pniewski (Deputy Tatum), Elizabeth Omilami (Woman Angry at Klan), Lukas Cain (Looney’s Son), Stacy Rae Toyon (Looney’s Wife), Wayne Dehart (Claude), Helen E. Floyd (Waitress at Claude’s), David Brian Williams (Customer at Claude’s), Octavia Spencer (Roark’s Nurse), Rebecca Koon (Dell), James M. Crumley Jr. (Guardsman Mackenvale), Jim Ritchie (Tom Hardy), Perry Ritchie (Sarah Hardy), Mike McLaren (Administrator at Whitfield), Tim Monich (Reverend Fink), Leonard L. Thomas (Man in Lumberyard), Brance H. Beamon (Noose’s Butler), Mildred J. Gilbreath (Noose’s Housekeeper), Will Crapps (Minister), David U. Hodges (Bailiff), Maggie Wade Dixon (T.V. Anchor), Russell Hambline (Old Man Bates), Robert Chapman (Young Fisherman), Robert R. Bell Jr. (Fisherman), Tommy McCullough (Old Fisherman), Ryk St. Vincent (Deputy), Bettina Rose (Evelyn (Buckley’s Secretary)), Linda Calvin Johnson (Sugar), Terrance Freeman (Court Deputy), Alice Julius-Scott (N.A.A.C.P. Woman), Dr. William Truly Jr. (N.A.A.C.P. Man #1), Walter L. Hutchins (N.A.A.C.P. Man #2), Jerry Hunt (John (the Electrical Company Worker)), Howard Ballou (Reporter #1 with Hastings), Todd Demers (Reporter #1 with Jake), Stephanie Strickland (Stephanie (Reporter #1 with Buckley)), Kim Hendrix (Kim (Reporter #2 with Buckley)), Rob Jay (Reporter #3 with Buckley), Sherri Hilton (Reporter #2 with Jake), Steve Coulter (Klansman), Jackie Stewart (Fire Chief), Rosebud Dixon-Green (Woman at Rally), Eva Ford (Courtroom Observer), Lorin Moore (Bar Patron), M. Emmet Walsh (Dr. Willard Tyrell ’W.T.’ Bass (the Defense Psychologist)), Robert ’Bobby Z’ Zajonc
Country: USA
Language: English
Runtime: 149 min

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