
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.

as Jake Brigance

as Ellen Roark

as Carl Lee Hailey

as Rufus Buckley

as Carla Brigance

as Lucien Wilbanks

as Harry Rex Vonner

as Ozzie Walls

as Ethel Twitty

as Freddie Lee Cobb

as Judge Omar Noose

as Tonya Hailey

as Gwen Hailey

as Tim Nunley

as Dwayne Looney

as Billy Ray Cobb

as Pete Willard

as Stump Sisson

as Winston

as Cora Mae Cobb

as Wilbert Rodeheaver

as Willard Tyrell Bass (uncredited)

as Roark's Nurse

as Skip Hailey

as Slim Hailey

as Willie Hailey

as Willie Hastings

as Reverend Isaiah Street

as Reverend Ollie Agee

as Hannah Brigance

as Jury Foreman

as Reluctant Male Juror

as Joe Frank Perryman

as Blonde Woman Juror

as Male Juror

as Norman Reinfield

as Klan Bomber

as Brent Musgrove

as Militant Teenager

as Taylor

as Bud Twitty

as Deputy Tatum

as Woman Angry at Klan

as Looney's Son

as Looney's Wife

as Claude

as Waitress at Claude's

as Customer at Claude's

as Dell

as Guardsman Mackenvale

as Tom Hardy

as Sarah Hardy

as Administrator at Whitfield

as Reverend Fink

as Man in Lumberyard

as Noose's Butler

as Noose's Housekeeper

as Minister

as Bailiff

as T.V. Anchor

as Old Man Bates

as Young Fisherman

as Fisherman

as Old Fisherman

as Deputy

as Evelyn

as Sugar

as Court Deputy

as N.A.A.C.P. Woman

as N.A.A.C.P. Man #1

as N.A.A.C.P. Man #2

as John

as Reporter #1 with Hastings

as Reporter #1 with Jake

as Stephanie (Reporter #1 with Buckley)

as Kim (Reporter #2 with Buckley)

as Reporter #3 with Buckley

as Reporter #2 with Jake

as Klansman

as Fire Chief

as Woman at Rally