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Legal thriller set in America's Deep South. A young lawyer must defend a black factory worker accused of murdering two racist thugs who raped his daughter, amid rising hysteria involving the Ku Klux Klan and civil rights campaigners. He is helped by a veteran attorney and a keen law student as he prepares to face the intimidating prosecutor on the controversial case. Based on John Grisham's best-selling novel.

Keywords:

Drama, Thriller, Based-on-Novel, Movie, Film, Movies, Films

Additional Information:

(1996) (3 Star)

Cast:

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

Supporting Cast:

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
Darrin Mitchell	.... Skip Hailey
LaConte McGrew	.... Slim Hailey

Directors:

Joel Schumacher

Writers:

John Grisham
Akiva Goldsman