Directed by Joel Schumacher Written by John Grisham   Akiva Goldsman   Cast Matthew McConaughey ... Jake Tyler Brigance Sandra Bullock ... Ellen Roark Samuel L. Jackson ... Carl Lee Hailey Kevin Spacey ... D.A. Rufus Buckley Oliver Platt ... Harry Rex Vonner Charles S. Dutton ... Sheriff Ozzie Walls Brenda Fricker ... Ethel Twitty Donald Sutherland ... Lucien Wilbanks Kiefer Sutherland ... Freddie Lee Cobb Patrick McGoohan ... Judge Omar Noose Ashley Judd ... Carla Brigance Tonea Stewart ... Gwen Hailey RaéVen Kelly ... Tonya Hailey (as RaéVen Larrymore Kelly) Darrin Mitchell ... Skip Hailey LaConte McGrew ... Slim Hailey Devin Lloyd ... Willie Hailey John Diehl ... Tim Nunley Chris Cooper ... Deputy Dwayne Powell Looney Nicky Katt ... Billy Ray Cobb Doug Hutchison ... James Louis 'Pete' Willard Kurtwood Smith ... Stump Sisson Tim Parati ... Winston Mark W. Johnson ... Deputy Willie Hastings (as Mark Whitman Johnson) Beth Grant ... Cora Mae Cobb Joe Seneca ... Reverend Isaiah Street Anthony Heald ... Dr. Wilbert Rodeheaver Thomas Merdis ... Reverend Ollie Agee Alexandra Kyle ... Hannah Brigance Terry Loughlin ... Jury Foreman Andy Stahl ... Reluctant Male Juror Joe Bullen ... Joe Frank Perryman Lorraine Middleton ... Blonde Woman Juror Graham Timbes ... Male Juror Jonathan Hadary ... Norman Reinfield Benjamin Mouton ... Klan Bomber Byron Jennings ... Brent Musgrove Patrick Sutton ... Militant Teenager Greg Lauren ... Taylor Danny Nelson ... Bud Twitty Mike Pniewski ... Deputy Tatum Elizabeth Omilami ... Woman Angry at Klan Lukas Cain ... Looney's Son Stacy Rae Toyon ... Looney's Wife Wayne Dehart ... Claude (as Wayne deHart) Helen E. Floyd ... Waitress at Claude's David Brian Williams ... Customer at Claude's Octavia Spencer ... Roark's Nurse Rebecca Koon ... Dell James M. Crumley Jr. ... Guardsman Mackenvale Jim Ritchie ... Tom Hardy Perry Ritchie ... Sarah Hardy Mike McLaren ... Administrator at Whitfield Tim Monich ... Reverend Fink (as Timothy F. Monich) Leonard L. Thomas ... Man in Lumberyard (as Leonard Thomas) Brance H. Beamon ... Noose's Butler Mildred J. Gilbreath ... Noose's Housekeeper Will Crapps ... Minister David U. Hodges ... Bailiff Maggie Wade Dixon ... T.V. Anchor Russell Hambline ... Old Man Bates Robert Chapman ... Young Fisherman Robert R. Bell Jr. ... Fisherman Tommy McCullough ... Old Fisherman Ryk St. Vincent ... Deputy Bettina Rose ... Evelyn (Buckley's Secretary) Linda Calvin Johnson ... Sugar Terrance Freeman ... Court Deputy Alice Julius-Scott ... N.A.A.C.P. Woman William Truly Jr. ... N.A.A.C.P. Man #1 (as Dr. William Truly Jr.) Walter L. Hutchins ... N.A.A.C.P. Man #2 Jerry Hunt ... John (the Electrical Company Worker) Howard Ballou ... Reporter #1 with Hastings Todd Demers ... Reporter #1 with Jake Stephanie Strickland ... Stephanie (Reporter #1 with Buckley) Kim Hendrix ... Kim (Reporter #2 with Buckley) Rob Jay ... Reporter #3 with Buckley Sherri Hilton ... Reporter #2 with Jake Steve Coulter ... Klansman Jackie Stewart ... Fire Chief Rosebud Dixon-Green ... Woman at Rally Uncredited Cast Eva Ford ... Courtroom Observer / Townsperson Stuart Greenwell ... Concerned Neighbor Justin Mabry ... Riot Scene Lorin Moore ... Bar Patron M. Emmet Walsh ... Dr. Willard Tyrell 'W.T.' Bass (the Defense Psychologist) Robert 'Bobby Z' Zajonc   Produced by William M. Elvin   John Grisham   Hunt Lowry   Arnon Milchan   Michael G. Nathanson   Original Music by Elliot Goldenthal

Additional Info Premiere: July 24, 1996 DVD Release: March 26, 1997 Blu-ray Release: February 10, 2009 Country: Distributor: Warner Brother Studios Websites: Production Companies New Regency Productions Warner Bros. Distributors Warner Bros.   (1996) (USA) (theatrical) American Broadcasting Company (ABC)   (1999) (USA) (TV) HBO Max   (2020) (USA) (video) (VOD) Warner Home Video   (USA) (VHS) Warner Home Video   (2009) (USA) (Blu-ray) (DVD) Rating Stats Overall Rating 7.5 / 10 Our Rating -- / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #1,088 / 20,725 Site Ranking #1,084 Punch-Drunk Love (2002) #1,085 Annabelle (2014) #1,086 The Equalizer 2 (2018) #1,087 The Waterboy (1998) #1,088 A Time To Kill (1996) #1,089 Michael Clayton (2007) #1,090 Ready Or Not (2019) #1,091 Beowulf (2007) #1,092 Bad Boys For Life (2020)