A Time to Kill
1996 · 149 MIN · IMDB 7.5 · 188,793 VOTES · DIR. Joel Schumacher
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,978 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:01:03 Yeah! Go, buddy, go!
00:08:28 So unless there's another redneck asshole with a yellow truck...
00:16:05 Don't stand on ceremony, come on in.
00:24:36 ...even if he is black.
00:29:05 Yea, though I walk...
00:33:50 ...cannot oppose a request until one is made.
00:38:57 How do you know this?
00:45:08 What I’m saying, fellas...
00:51:50 Lord have mercy, Jake, you had a responsibility.
00:56:47 Pleasure, Mr. Brigance.
01:02:12 She would.
01:08:03 I guess that...
01:13:53 That's why you brought me to this diner in this black neighborhood.
01:19:20 I’m here to say...
01:26:07 All the other cases I’ve worked on were only paper defendants.
01:33:35 If you would, can you please identify this weapon?
01:40:29 Yes, sir.
01:45:18 Mr. Brigance has gone to great effort to prove to this jury...
01:51:12 Be still, bitch!
01:57:56 Answer the question, yes or no.
02:03:44 Beaten...
02:10:44 It’s how you's raised.
02:15:43 ...while I tell it.
07:00:00 in litigation expenses.
Cast & Characters
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
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,978
Dialogue density13.3 lines / min
First line00:01:03
Final line07:00:00
Production Record
DirectorJoel Schumacher
LanguageEnglish
Budget$40,000,000
Revenue$152,266,007
IMDb votes188,793