A Time to Kill

A Time to Kill
Directed byJoel Schumacher
Screenplay byAkiva Goldsman
Based onA Time to Kill
1989 novel
by John Grisham
Produced by
  • Arnon Milchan
  • John Grisham
  • Michael Nathanson
  • Hunt Lowry
Starring
CinematographyPeter Menzies Jr.
Edited byWilliam Steinkamp
Music byElliot Goldenthal
Production
company
Regency Enterprises
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • July 24, 1996 (1996-07-24)
Running time
149 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$40 million
Box office$152 million

A Time to Kill is a 1996 American Southern Gothic legal drama movie based on John Grisham's 1989 novel of the same name. Sandra Bullock, Samuel L. Jackson, Matthew McConaughey, and Kevin Spacey star, with Donald and Kiefer Sutherland appearing in supporting roles and Octavia Spencer in her movie debut.

A Time to Kill was released by Warner Bros. on July 24, 1996. The movie received mixed reviews but was a commercial success, making $152 million worldwide. It is the second of two movies based on Grisham's novels directed by Joel Schumacher, with the other being The Client released two years prior. It marked the final movie appearance of Joe Seneca.

References

  1. ↑ "A Time To Kill (15)". British Board of Film Classification. July 11, 1996. Retrieved May 7, 2025.
  2. 1 2 "A Time to Kill – Box Office Data". The Numbers. Archived from the original on September 3, 2011. Retrieved August 8, 2011.
  3. 1 2 Slick, Ariel (May 23, 2023). "Top 10 Contemporary Southern Gothic Films". Deep South Magazine. Retrieved February 6, 2026.
  4. ↑ "A Time to Kill (1996)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on July 11, 2019. Retrieved February 19, 2020.

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