Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton Written by Destin Daniel Cretton   Andrew Lanham   Bryan Stevenson   Cast Jamie Foxx ... Walter McMillian Charlie Pye Jr. ... Charlie the Tree Expert Michael Harding ... Sheriff Tate Christopher Wolfe ... Jim Wilkes Michael B. Jordan ... Bryan Stevenson J. Alphonse Nicholson ... Henry Davis Adam Boyer ... Prison Guard Jacinte Blankenship ... Christy Stevenson Bryan G. Stevenson ... Howard Stevenson Jr. Brad Sanders ... Howard Stevenson Sr. Charmin Lee ... Alice Stevenson Brie Larson ... Eva Ansley Sebastian Eugene Hansen ... Kris Ansley John Lacy ... Bill Freeman, Office Manager Dominic Bogart ... Doug Ansley Hayes Mercure ... Jeremy Doss Rob Morgan ... Herbert Richardson David Garlock ... Prison Interviewee Robert Caston ... Prison Interviewee Talmedge Hayes ... Prison Interviewee Kuntrell Jackson ... Prison Interviewee O'Shea Jackson Jr. ... Anthony Ray Hinton Tatom Pender ... Tracy Rafe Spall ... Tommy Chapman Karan Kendrick ... Minnie McMillian C.J. LeBlanc ... John McMillian (as CJ LeBlanc) Scarlet Olivia Dunbar ... Jackie McMillian Denitra Isler ... Evelyn McMillian Terence Rosemore ... Jimmy Darryl W. Handy ... Bernard Darrell Britt-Gibson ... Darnell Houston Al Mitchell ... Uncle Leo Pete Burris ... Local Male Witness Susie Spear Purcell ... Local Female Witness (as Susie Spear) Ron Clinton Smith ... Woodrow Ikner Deadra Moore ... Deb Tim Hooper ... Charles Cooper, Office Manager Andrene Ward-Hammond ... Brenda Ryan Dinning ... Young Officer Carl Palmer ... Older Officer Tim Blake Nelson ... Ralph Myers Greta Glenn ... Doris Miller (as Greta M. Glenn) Alex Van ... Chamber Guard Leydi Morales ... Female Death Row Guard Ben Peck ... Holman Warden Mallory Hoff ... Alice Brooks, Reporter Lindsay Ayliffe ... Judge Foster Ted Huckabee ... Bailiff Ryan Girard ... Clay Kast Tim Ware ... Psychologist Norm Lewis ... Newscaster (voice) Claire Bronson ... Mrs. Chapman Kelly Mumme ... Stella Taylor, Reporter Desmond Phillips ... State Officer Drew Starkey ... Young Guard Rhoda Griffis ... Judge Bachab Uncredited Cast Brandon Armstrong ... Neighbor Kate Ash ... Townsperson McDaniel Austin ... Inmate Elizabeth Becka ... Mrs. Franklin Gregg Bernhard ... Monroe County Deputy Sheriff Kirk Bovill ... David Walker Tony Bradley ... Prisoner Matthew Byrge ... Officer Williams Chris Codding ... Reporter Steve Coulter ... Judge Buren Olivia De Paux ... Court Reporter Matthew Del Bene ... Male Lawyer 2 Sandy Givelber ... Court Reporter Jerome Godwin ... Kickball Player Marcus A. Griffin Jr. ... Charlie John Grimm ... Community Leader Christine Hameed ... Family Member Champ Hollins ... Kickball Player Whitney Howard ... Female Lawyer Harvey B. Jackson ... Mason Sheriff Deputy Jay DeVon Johnson ... Black Guard Kevin Alan Johnson ... Jail Prisoner Sean K. Jones   Jay D. Kacho ... Prominent Monroeville Citizen Kevin Kedgley ... Prison Guard Kay Noah Hudson Killingbeck ... Prison Visitor Donald J. Koko ... Senator Paul Simon Mary Kraft ... Professor Bartholet Deron Lillard ... Police Officer Amahl Lipkins ... Inmate Roy Luke ... Community Leader Matt Markopoulos ... Mechanic David Michael-Smith ... Deputy Sheriff Barnes Cynthia Q. Minor ... Family Member Leonard Roll ... Townsperson Josh Royston ... Police Officer Drew Scheid ... Linus Patti Schellhaas ... Courtroom Spectator Patrick Seda ... Senator's Aide Martell Slater ... Prisoner Bill Southworth ... Mr. Franklin Tonea Stewart ... Mrs. Coleman Albert L. Taylor ... Death Row Inmate Todd Layne Thompson ... Police Officer Robert Tinsley ... Prison Guard Damon Vance ... Prison Guard Benjamin Weaver ... Courtroom Spectator Produced by Scott Budnick   Mike Drake   Tami Goldman   Asher Goldstein   Daniel Hammond   Gabriel Hammond   Michael B. Jordan   Charles D. King   Niija Kuykendall   Jennie Lee   Alana Mayo   Gil Netter   Jeff Skoll   Bryan Stevenson   Original Music by Joel P West

Additional Info Premiere: September 06, 2019 Theatrical Release: December 25, 2019 DVD Release: April 14, 2020 Blu-ray Release: April 14, 2020 Country: Distributor: Warner Brother Studios Websites: Production Companies Warner Bros. Pictures (presents) Endeavor Content (in association with) One Community (in association with) Participant (as Participant Media) MACRO (in association with) Netter Productions (as Gil Netter) Outlier Society Distributors Warner Bros.   (2019) (World-wide) (theatrical) Warner Bros.   (2019) (USA) (theatrical) (Hamptons International Film Festival) Warner Bros.   (2019) (USA) (theatrical) (Mill Valley Film Festival) Warner Bros.   (2020) (USA) (theatrical) Rating Stats Overall Rating 7.6 / 10 Our Rating -- / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #1,992 / 20,869 Site Ranking #1,988 Beethoven (1992) #1,989 The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019) #1,990 In The Valley Of Elah (2007) #1,991 Bewitched (2005) #1,992 Just Mercy (2019) #1,993 Paris, I Love You (2006) #1,994 The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest (2009) #1,995 Fear Street Part Two: 1978 (2021) #1,996 Death Sentence (2007)