A Time to Kill is a 1996 American legal drama film directed by the late Joel Schumacher; starring Matthew McConaughey, Samuel L. Jackson, Sandra Bullock, the late Donald Sutherland, Kevin Spacey, Kiefer Sutherland, and Kurtwood Smith. It is based off of John Grisham's 1989 novel of the same name.
Carl Lee Hailey (Samuel L. Jackson) is a heartbroken black father who avenges his daughter's brutal rape by shooting the bigoted men responsible for the crime as they are on their way to trial. He turns to Jake Brigance (Matthew McConaughey), an untested lawyer, to defend him. Brigance struggles to believe that he can get Hailey acquitted in this small, segregated Southern town, given Hailey's race and the deliberate nature of his crimes, but Carl has unshakable faith in him.
Victims[]
- Billy Ray Cobb - Shot to death by Carl Lee Hailey with an M16 assault rifle.
- James Louis "Pete" Willard - Shot to death by Carl Lee Hailey with an M16 assault rifle.
- Seven Unnamed Victims - Murdered by unknown people prior to the film, mentioned.
- Two Unnamed Criminals - Executed by the State prior to the film, mentioned.
- Unnamed Victim - Murdered by Cooper as revenge prior to the film, mentioned.
- Unnamed Victim - Murdered by Roundtree as revenge prior to the film, mentioned.
- Stump Sisson - Died of his injuries after being set on fire by an unnamed black teenager with a Molotov cocktail.
- Bud Twitty - Died off-screen after being beaten by Freddie Lee Cobb, Winston, and other Klu Klux Klan members on the orders of Stump Sisson.
- Two Unnamed People - Murdered by Dan Baker in 1985 prior to the film, mentioned.
Deaths[]
- Total - 17
- 13 Victims of Unknown Gender
- 4 Men
Kill Counts[]
- Carl Lee Hailey - 2 (Alive)
- Dan Baker - 2 (Institutionalized)
- Cooper - 1 (Alive)
- Roundtree - 1 (Alive)
- Freddie Lee Cobb - 1 (Imprisoned)
- Winston - 1 (Imprisoned)
- Stump Sisson - 1 (Deceased)