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.
Matthew McConaughey
as Jake Brigance
Sandra Bullock
as Ellen Roark
Samuel L. Jackson
as Carl Lee Hailey
Kevin Spacey
as Rufus Buckley
Ashley Judd
as Carla Brigance
Donald Sutherland
as Lucien Wilbanks
Oliver Platt
as Harry Rex Vonner
Charles S. Dutton
as Ozzie Walls
Brenda Fricker
as Ethel Twitty
Kiefer Sutherland
as Freddie Lee Cobb
Patrick McGoohan
as Judge Omar Noose
Rae'Ven Larrymore Kelly
as Tonya Hailey