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!
00:08:24 What girl?
00:14:50 Somebody should do something.
00:24:03 Probably 50 grand.
00:28:30 In that ridiculous blue suit.
00:33:06 ...and did attempt to kill Dwayne Looney...
00:38:06 What brings you to Mississippi? Slumming?
00:43:48 I made Ozzie bring me.
00:50:19 It's a good thing Hastings was nearby and got here fast.
00:55:26 ...you don't take your calls...
00:59:56 We'll expect that check...
01:06:01 You said you'd quit if it got dangerous.
01:12:11 Lunch.
01:17:02 What do you mean?
01:23:04 It ain't near over.
01:30:25 Max is dead, and you're next.
01:36:17 Some folks think that's brave.
01:42:36 I hold no ill will toward the man.
01:46:56 Could the reason you can't remember be...
01:55:07 Many of the most famous schizophrenics are calculating.
01:59:17 ...and do your job.
02:06:24 Hey, Max.
02:11:52 ...on this stand...
02:17:10 And when they're done...
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 line02:17:10
Production Record
DirectorJoel Schumacher
LanguageEnglish
Budget$40,000,000
Revenue$152,266,007
IMDb votes188,793