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A Time to Kill (1996)

R07/24/1996Crime, Drama, Thriller2h 29m
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Experience a time you'll never forget.

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.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Matthew McConaughey

    Jake Brigance

  2. Cast 1

    Sandra Bullock

    Ellen Roark

  3. Cast 1

    Samuel L. Jackson

    Carl Lee Hailey

  4. Cast 1

    Kevin Spacey

    Rufus Buckley

  5. Cast 1

    Ashley Judd

    Carla Brigance

  6. Cast 1

    Donald Sutherland

    Lucien Wilbanks

  7. Cast 1

    Oliver Platt

    Harry Rex Vonner

  8. Cast 1

    Charles S. Dutton

    Ozzie Walls

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    Brenda Fricker

    Ethel Twitty

**It's a good movie, but I've seen better courtroom dramas.** I saw this film not long ago and was very impressed with its quality. I didn't know, however, that it was based on a novel by John Grisham (I've never read it, and I have doubts if it was translated into Portuguese), and based very lightly on the emotional testimony of a young girl victim of rape. It should be noted, moreover, and by mere curiosity, that, in the real case behind the novel, the victim was a white girl and the man accused of having raped her was black. In summary, it's very good, but it's not a perfect film, and it...