A Time to Kill
| A Time to Kill | |
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| Directed by | Joel Schumacher |
| Screenplay by | Akiva Goldsman |
| Based on | A Time to Kill 1989 novel by John Grisham |
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| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Peter Menzies Jr. |
| Edited by | William Steinkamp |
| Music by | Elliot Goldenthal |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 149 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $40 million[2] |
| Box office | $152 million[2] |
A Time to Kill is a 1996 American Southern Gothic legal drama movie directed by Joel Schumacher released in July 1996. It is based on the 1989 novel of the same name by John Grisham It stars Samuel L. Jackson, Sandra Bullock, Matthew McConaughey and Kevin Spacey. Jackson plays Carl Lee Hailey whose ten-year-old daughter Tonya is raped by two white racist men in Mississippi. He acts as a vigilante by killing the two rapists. McConaughey plays Jake Tyler Brigance, a lawyer who defends Hailey in court during his murder trial. A Time to Kill was distributed through Warner Bros. and became a strong box office success during 1996.
References
- ↑ "A Time To Kill (15)". British Board of Film Classification. July 11, 1996. Retrieved May 7, 2025.
- 1 2 "A Time to Kill – Box Office Data". The Numbers. Archived from the original on September 3, 2011. Retrieved August 8, 2011.