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A Time to Kill

Year:

1996

Duration:

149 min

Genres:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

IMDB rate:

7.4

Director:

Joel Schumacher

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 7 wins & 10 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1996-07-24

Filming Locations: Canton, Mississippi, USA

Earnings

Budget: $40,000,000

Opening Weekend: $19,630,000 (USA) (28 July 1996)

Gross: $108,706,165 (USA) (24 November 1996)

Cast

Actor

Character

Oliver Platt

A Time to Kill

Greg Lauren

Mike Pniewski

Matthew McConaughey

Jake Tyler Brigance

Sandra Bullock

Ellen Roark

Samuel L. Jackson

Carl Lee Hailey

Kevin Spacey

D.A. Rufus Buckley

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 (as RaéVen Larrymore Kelly)

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 (as Mark Whitman Johnson)

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

Danny Nelson

Bud Twitty

Elizabeth Omilami

Woman Angry at Klan

Lukas Cain

Looney's Son

Stacy Rae Toyon

Looney's Wife

Wayne Dehart

Claude (as Wayne deHart)

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 (as Timothy F. Monich)

Leonard L. Thomas

Man in Lumberyard (as Leonard Thomas)

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

William Truly Jr.

N.A.A.C.P. Man #1 (as Dr. William Truly Jr.)

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 / Townsperson (uncredited)

Stuart Greenwell

Concerned Neighbor (uncredited)

Lorin Moore

Bar Patron (uncredited)

M. Emmet Walsh

Dr. Willard Tyrell 'W.T.' Bass (the Defense Psychologist)

Robert 'Bobby Z' Zajonc

(uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Among the numerous actors considered for the lead were Alec Baldwin, Brad Pitt, Bill Paxton, Ralph Fiennes and Aidan Quinn.

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Samuel L. Jackson and Kiefer Sutherland share the same birthday, December 21st.

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Like John Grisham's novel, the movie was very controversial, and was widely accused of condoning murder.

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Goofs

As the verdict is announced, the nurse in Roark's room sees a shot of Jake, Lucien and Harry Rex on TV. This event is outside the courthouse and doesn't occur in the movie for another full minute.

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At the airport, when Jake sends his family away, a UPS plane can be seen in the background. At that airport, the cargo terminals are south of the passenger terminals, and cannot be seen from the north side of the terminal (where the outside scene was set).

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When Jake calls Max after the fire, Max tries to run past him, apparently toward the off-screen dog wrangler.

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Quotes

Ellen Roark: I keep thinking, what would Jake do? What would my father do? What would Lucien do?

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Jake Tyler Brigance: We're going to lose this case, Carl lee. There are no more points of law to argue here. I want to cope a plea, maybe Buckley will cop us a second degree murder and we can get you just life in prison.

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Ethel Twitty: Will you help an old lady to her car?

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