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A Time to Kill

7.4/10

Rating

149 min

Runtime

1996

Release Year

Joel Schumacher

Director

Cast

Matthew McConaughey, Sandra Bullock, Samuel L. Jackson, Kevin Spacey, Ashley Judd

Quick Synopsis

In a small Southern town, a young lawyer takes on the difficult case of defending a black man who is charged with killing two white men after they brutally raped his 10-year-old daughter. The trial ignites racial tensions in the community, leading to the resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan and forcing the lawyer to confront deep-seated prejudice and violence as he seeks justice.

Detailed Synopsis of A Time to Kill

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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