A Time to Kill
“Experience a time you'll never forget.”
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.
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Cast
81 people
Matthew McConaughey
Jake Brigance
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Sandra Bullock
Ellen Roark
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Samuel L. Jackson
Carl Lee Hailey
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Pulp Fiction
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Kevin Spacey
Rufus Buckley
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American Beauty
Baby Driver
Ashley Judd
Carla Brigance
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Divergent
Kiss the Girls
Donald Sutherland
Lucien Wilbanks
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The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
The Undoing
Oliver Platt
Harry Rex Vonner
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The Bear
Chicago Med
Charles S. Dutton
Ozzie Walls
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Alien³
Gothika
Brenda Fricker
Ethel Twitty
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Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
Kiefer Sutherland
Freddie Lee Cobb
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24
Phone Booth
Patrick McGoohan
Judge Omar Noose
Known for
Braveheart
Escape from Alcatraz
Rae'Ven Larrymore Kelly
Tonya Hailey
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Joel Schumacher Director · Akiva Goldsman Screenplay John Grisham Author
Worldwide gross $152M · Budget $40M · United States release July 24, 1996
Box office
Budget
$40,000,000
Worldwide gross
$152,266,007
Gross vs. budget
3.8×
Production
Regency Enterprises
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production · Studio
New Regency Productions
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Romania · July 24, 1996
Theatrical
United States · July 24, 1996
Theatrical
United States · February 10, 2009
Physical
Argentina
September 12, 1996 · Theatrical
Australia
August 15, 1996 · Theatrical
Belgium
November 6, 1996 · Theatrical
Brazil
August 9, 1996 · Theatrical
April 30, 2003 · Physical · mj.gov.br - Swen do Brasil
Bulgaria
November 29, 1996 · Theatrical
Canada
August 1, 2011 · Physical · Blu-ray
Czechia
November 21, 1996 · Theatrical
Denmark
October 25, 1996 · Theatrical
Estonia
March 28, 1997 · Theatrical
Finland
November 1, 1996 · Theatrical
France
November 13, 1996 · Theatrical
Germany
November 7, 1996 · Theatrical
Greece
April 30, 1998 · Physical · DVD
Hong Kong SAR China
September 26, 1996 · Theatrical
Hungary
November 21, 1996 · Theatrical
India
February 28, 2014 · Physical · Blu-ray
Indonesia
October 8, 2021 · TV
August 1, 2026 · Digital · KlikFilm
Ireland
September 13, 1996 · Theatrical
Israel
November 15, 1996 · Theatrical
Italy
October 31, 1996 · Theatrical
Japan
December 28, 1996 · Theatrical
Mexico
November 21, 2014 · Physical · Blu-ray
Netherlands
September 12, 1996 · Theatrical
April 22, 1998 · Physical · DVD
December 6, 2003 · TV · Net 5
March 18, 2009 · Physical · Blu ray
Norway
November 1, 1996 · Theatrical
Philippines
February 9, 2009 · Physical · Blu-ray
March 31, 2018 · Digital
Poland
November 8, 1996 · Theatrical
Portugal
September 27, 1996 · Theatrical
Singapore
February 9, 2009 · Physical · Blu-ray
South Africa
October 11, 1996 · Theatrical
South Korea
November 2, 1996 · Theatrical
Spain
September 20, 1996 · Theatrical
Sweden
November 1, 1996 · Theatrical
Switzerland
November 1, 1996 · Theatrical · German
November 2, 1996 · Theatrical · French
November 3, 1996 · Theatrical · Italian
Türkiye
December 6, 1996 · Theatrical
United Arab Emirates
December 13, 2012 · TV
United Kingdom
September 13, 1996 · Theatrical
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