

A Time to Kill
Experience a time you'll never forget.
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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7.4/10
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $40M
- Box office
- $152.3M
- Language
- English
- sniper
- rape
- court
- jurors
- ku klux klan
- mississippi river
- forgiveness
- blackmail
- attempted murder
- trial
- murder
- lawyer
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Produced in
United States of America
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Release dates
IndiaIN
- PhysicalBlu-ray28 Feb 2014
United StatesUS
- TheatricalR24 Jul 1996
- PhysicalR10 Feb 2009
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical1513 Sept 1996
United Arab EmiratesAE
- TV13 Dec 2012
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalM15 Aug 1996
CanadaCA
- PhysicalBlu-ray1 Aug 2011
ArgentinaAR
- Theatrical12 Sept 1996
BelgiumBE
- Theatrical186 Nov 1996
BrazilBR
- Theatrical149 Aug 1996
- Physical16 mj.gov.br - Swen do Brasil30 Apr 2003
BulgariaBG
- Theatrical29 Nov 1996
CzechiaCZ
- Theatrical15+21 Nov 1996
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical1525 Oct 1996
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A Time to Kill was released on 24 July 1996.
Audience reviews
2- F7/10
Filipe Manuel Neto
6/16/2023
**It's a good movie, but I've seen better courtroom dramas.** I saw this film not long ago and was very impressed with its quality. I didn't know, however, that it was based on a novel by John Grisham (I've never read it, and I have doubts if it was translated into Portuguese), and based very lightly on the emotional testimony of a young girl victim of rape. It should be noted, moreover, and by mere curiosity, tha…
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
8/27/2023
The opening scenes of this movie are the sort that stay with you for ever: the brutal assault and murder of a young girl by two rednecks in Mississippi. Before their trial, they are gunned down in the courthouse by the girl's bereft father "Carl Lee Hailey" (Samuel L. Jackson) and it falls to "Brigance" (Matthew McConaughey) to defend the man in a state riddled with institutional and communal bigotry. Kevin Spacey is…
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