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