"Experience a time you'll never forget."

1996

2h 29m

7.4(2659 votes)

Crime

Drama

Thriller

Overview

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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81 members

Acting

Matthew McConaughey

Jake 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

Rufus Buckley

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Ashley Judd

Carla Brigance

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Donald Sutherland

Lucien Wilbanks

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Oliver Platt

Harry Rex Vonner

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Charles S. Dutton

Ozzie Walls

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Brenda Fricker

Ethel Twitty

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Kiefer Sutherland

Freddie Lee Cobb

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Patrick McGoohan

Judge Omar Noose

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Rae'Ven Larrymore Kelly

Tonya Hailey

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Tonea Stewart

Gwen Hailey

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John Diehl

Tim Nunley

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Chris Cooper

Dwayne Looney

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Nicky Katt

Billy Ray Cobb

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Doug Hutchison

Pete Willard

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Kurtwood Smith

Stump Sisson

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Tim Parati

Winston

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Beth Grant

Cora Mae Cobb

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Anthony Heald

Wilbert Rodeheaver

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M. Emmet Walsh

Willard Tyrell Bass (uncredited)

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Octavia Spencer

Roark's Nurse

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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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Mark W. Johnson

Willie Hastings

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Joe Seneca

Reverend Isaiah Street

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Thomas Merdis

Reverend Ollie Agee

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Alexandra Kyle

Hannah Brigance

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Terry Loughlin

Jury Foreman

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Andy Stahl

Reluctant Male Juror

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Joe Bullen

Joe Frank Perryman

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Lorraine Middleton

Blonde Woman Juror

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Graham Timbes

Male Juror

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Jonathan Hadary

Norman Reinfield

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Benjamin Mouton

Klan Bomber

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Byron Jennings

Brent Musgrove

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Patrick Sutton

Militant Teenager

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Greg Lauren

Taylor

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Danny Nelson

Bud Twitty

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Mike Pniewski

Deputy Tatum

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Elizabeth Omilami

Woman Angry at Klan

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Lukas Cain

Looney's Son

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Stacy Rae Toyon

Looney's Wife

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Wayne Dehart

Claude

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Helen E. Floyd

Waitress at Claude's

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David Brian Williams

Customer at Claude's

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Rebecca Koon

Dell

Crew

James M. Crumley Jr.

Guardsman Mackenvale

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Production

Jim Ritchie

Tom Hardy

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Perry Ritchie

Sarah Hardy

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Mike McLaren

Administrator at Whitfield

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Crew

Tim Monich

Reverend Fink

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Leonard L. Thomas

Man in Lumberyard

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Brance H. Beamon

Noose's Butler

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Mildred J. Gilbreath

Noose's Housekeeper

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Will Crapps

Minister

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David U. Hodges

Bailiff

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Maggie Wade Dixon

T.V. Anchor

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Russell Hambline

Old Man Bates

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Robert Chapman

Young Fisherman

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Robert R. Bell Jr.

Fisherman

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Tommy McCullough

Old Fisherman

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Ryk St. Vincent

Deputy

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Bettina Rose

Evelyn

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Linda Calvin Johnson

Sugar

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Terrance Freeman

Court Deputy

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Alice Julius-Scott

N.A.A.C.P. Woman

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William Truly Jr.

N.A.A.C.P. Man #1

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Walter L. Hutchins

N.A.A.C.P. Man #2

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Jerry Hunt

John

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Howard Ballou

Reporter #1 with Hastings

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Todd Demers

Reporter #1 with Jake

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Stephanie Strickland

Stephanie (Reporter #1 with Buckley)

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Kim Hendrix

Kim (Reporter #2 with Buckley)

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Rob Jay

Reporter #3 with Buckley

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Sherri Hilton

Reporter #2 with Jake

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Steve Coulter

Klansman

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Jackie Stewart

Fire Chief

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Rosebud Dixon-Green

Woman at Rally

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