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 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>
A truly tense film that takes place in present-day Mississippi. A young African-American girl has been raped by two backwoods white men. Her father (Samuel L. Jackson) takes the law into his own hands and kills the two. Now the small town becomes a hot-bed of controversy as a murder trial starts that gets national attention. There is the defense attorney (Matthew McConaughey) and his bright-eyed assistant (Sandra Bullock) against prosecutor supreme Kevin Spacey. A really solid film that works because of a screenplay that pulls no punches and revolutionary direction by Joel Schumacher. A great ensemble cast all excel here and the film captures a place that has turned into a media circus very well. A film that you will watch with clenched fists. An intense experience. 4 stars out of 5.