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A Time to Kill
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- How long is A Time to Kill?
- A Time to Kill is 2 hr 30 min long.
- Who directed A Time to Kill?
- Joel Schumacher
- Who is Ellen Roark in A Time to Kill?
- Sandra Bullock plays Ellen Roark in the film.
- What is A Time to Kill about?
- 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.