A Time to Kill (1996)

Directed by

Joel Schumacher

Genre

drama film, crime film, thriller film, vigilante film, trial film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 23m

Rated

R

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 3,008 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A small-town lawyer defends a black man who killed two white men who raped his daughter. The trial stirs up racial tensions and draws attention from the Klan and the NAACP.

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What happens

A Time to Kill is a 1996 American legal drama film based on John Grisham's 1989 novel of the same name. Sandra Bullock, Samuel L. Jackson, Matthew McConaughey, and Kevin Spacey star, with Donald and Kiefer Sutherland appearing in supporting roles and Octavia Spencer in her film debut. A Time to Kill was released by Warner Bros. on July 24, 1996. The film received mixed reviews but was a commercial success, making $152 million worldwide. It is the second of two films based on Grisham's novels directed by Joel Schumacher, with the other being The Client released two years prior. It marked the final film appearance of Joe Seneca. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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