A Time to Kill

Genre: Drama

Worldwide gross$152M

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's 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?

🏆 7 wins & 12 nominations total

Genres

Crime, Drama, Thriller

Director

Joel Schumacher

Cast

Matthew McConaughey, Sandra Bullock, Samuel L. Jackson

Released

24 July 1996

Runtime

2h 29m

Certificate

R

IMDb rating

7.5 / 10

Votes

192,181

Metascore

53

Rotten Tomatoes

66%

Box office

$108,766,007

Budget

$40,000,000

Edition

Base