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title: "A Time to Kill: cast and crew"
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cast: 60
crew: 100
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# A Time to Kill (1996): cast and crew

60 cast and 100 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Matthew McConaughey](https://film.one/person/matthew-mcconaughey.md) as Jake Brigance
- [Sandra Bullock](https://film.one/person/sandra-bullock.md) as Ellen Roark
- [Samuel L. Jackson](https://film.one/person/samuel-l-jackson.md) as Carl Lee Hailey
- [Kevin Spacey](https://film.one/person/kevin-spacey.md) as Rufus Buckley
- [Ashley Judd](https://film.one/person/ashley-judd.md) as Carla Brigance
- [Donald Sutherland](https://film.one/person/donald-sutherland.md) as Lucien Wilbanks
- [Oliver Platt](https://film.one/person/oliver-platt.md) as Harry Rex Vonner
- [Charles S. Dutton](https://film.one/person/charles-s-dutton.md) as Ozzie Walls
- [Brenda Fricker](https://film.one/person/brenda-fricker.md) as Ethel Twitty
- [Kiefer Sutherland](https://film.one/person/kiefer-sutherland.md) as Freddie Lee Cobb
- [Patrick McGoohan](https://film.one/person/patrick-mcgoohan.md) as Judge Omar Noose
- [Rae'Ven Larrymore Kelly](https://film.one/person/raeven-larrymore-kelly.md) as Tonya Hailey
- Tonea Stewart as Gwen Hailey
- [John Diehl](https://film.one/person/john-diehl.md) as Tim Nunley
- [Chris Cooper](https://film.one/person/chris-cooper.md) as Dwayne Looney
- [Nicky Katt](https://film.one/person/nicky-katt.md) as Billy Ray Cobb
- [Doug Hutchison](https://film.one/person/doug-hutchison.md) as Pete Willard
- [Kurtwood Smith](https://film.one/person/kurtwood-smith.md) as Stump Sisson
- Tim Parati as Winston
- [Beth Grant](https://film.one/person/beth-grant.md) as Cora Mae Cobb
- [Anthony Heald](https://film.one/person/anthony-heald.md) as Wilbert Rodeheaver
- [M. Emmet Walsh](https://film.one/person/m-emmet-walsh.md) as Willard Tyrell Bass (uncredited)
- [Octavia Spencer](https://film.one/person/octavia-spencer.md) as Roark's Nurse
- Darrin Mitchell as Skip Hailey
- LaConte McGrew as Slim Hailey
- Devin Lloyd as Willie Hailey
- Mark W. Johnson as Willie Hastings
- [Joe Seneca](https://film.one/person/joe-seneca.md) as Reverend Isaiah Street
- Thomas Merdis as Reverend Ollie Agee
- Alexandra Kyle as Hannah Brigance
- Terry Loughlin as Jury Foreman
- [Andrew Stahl](https://film.one/person/andy-stahl.md) as Reluctant Male Juror
- Joe Bullen as Joe Frank Perryman
- Lorraine Middleton as Blonde Woman Juror
- Graham Timbes as Male Juror
- [Jonathan Hadary](https://film.one/person/jonathan-hadary.md) as Norman Reinfield
- Benjamin Mouton as Klan Bomber
- Byron Jennings as Brent Musgrove
- Patrick Sutton as Militant Teenager
- Greg Lauren as Taylor
- Danny Nelson as Bud Twitty
- [Mike Pniewski](https://film.one/person/mike-pniewski.md) as Deputy Tatum
- Elizabeth Omilami as Woman Angry at Klan
- Lukas Cain as Looney's Son
- Stacy Rae Toyon as Looney's Wife
- Wayne Dehart as Claude
- Helen E. Floyd as Waitress at Claude's
- David Brian Williams as Customer at Claude's
- Rebecca Koon as Dell
- James M. Crumley Jr. as Guardsman Mackenvale
- Jim Ritchie as Tom Hardy
- Perry Ritchie as Sarah Hardy
- Mike McLaren as Administrator at Whitfield
- Tim Monich as Reverend Fink
- [Leonard L. Thomas](https://film.one/person/leonard-l-thomas.md) as Man in Lumberyard
- Brance H. Beamon as Noose's Butler
- Mildred J. Gilbreath as Noose's Housekeeper
- Will Crapps as Minister
- David U. Hodges as Bailiff
- Maggie Wade Dixon as T.V. Anchor

## Directing

- [Joel Schumacher](https://film.one/person/joel-schumacher.md): Director
- Sharron Reynolds-Enriquez: Script Supervisor
- William M. Elvin: First Assistant Director
- Alan Edmisten: Second Assistant Director
- Eric Oliver: Second Second Assistant Director
- Darrell Woodard: Additional Second Assistant Director

## Writing

- [Akiva Goldsman](https://film.one/person/akiva-goldsman.md): Screenplay
- [John Grisham](https://film.one/person/john-grisham.md): Novel

## Production

- [Michael G. Nathanson](https://film.one/person/michael-g-nathanson.md): Producer
- [John Grisham](https://film.one/person/john-grisham.md): Producer
- [Hunt Lowry](https://film.one/person/hunt-lowry.md): Producer
- [Arnon Milchan](https://film.one/person/arnon-milchan.md): Producer
- Bill Johnson: Unit Production Manager
- William M. Elvin: Associate Producer
- Mali Finn: Casting
- Emily Schweber: Casting Associate
- Scott Elias: Location Manager
- Bill Daly: Post Production Accountant
- Julianna Arenson: Production Accountant
- A. Welch Lambeth: Key Production Assistant
- John Alfred: First Assistant Accountant
- Anna M. Elias: Assistant Location Manager
- Jo Doster: Local Casting
- Ash Taylor: Location Assistant
- Rene Crowe: Production Secretary
- Bettina Rose: Executive Assistant
- [Tate Taylor](https://film.one/person/tate-taylor.md): Production Assistant

## Camera

- [Peter Menzies](https://film.one/person/peter-menzies-jr.md): Director of Photography
- Randy Feemster: Camera Operator
- Hugh McCallum: Grip
- Chris Centrella: Key Grip
- Christine M. Loss: Still Photographer
- William McConnell: First Assistant Camera
- Dean M. King: Best Boy Grip
- Michelle Madison: Additional Second Assistant Camera
- Bill McConnell Jr.: Second Assistant Camera
- Suzanne Trucks: Camera Loader
- Chuck Brown: Dolly Grip

## Editing

- [William Steinkamp](https://film.one/person/william-steinkamp.md): Editor
- Michael T. Wilson: Additional Editor
- Bob Putynkowski: Color Timer
- Debra L. Tennant: First Assistant Editor
- Robert W. Steinkamp: Assistant Editor
- Mo Henry: Negative Cutter

## Sound and music

- [Elliot Goldenthal](https://film.one/person/elliot-goldenthal.md): Original Music Composer
- John Leveque: Supervising Sound Editor
- Lee Lemont: Foley Editor
- Michael Connell: Music Editor
- Petur Hliddal: Sound Mixer
- Steven Gerrior: Assistant Sound Editor
- Robert Bradshaw: Dialogue Editor
- John Moses: Musician
- Carl Fischer: Boom Operator
- Adam Jenkins: Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Roland N. Thai: Sound Designer
- Robert Elhai: Orchestrator
- Joe Divitale: Sound Effects Editor
- Zack Davis: ADR Editor
- Jonathan Sheffer: Conductor
- Hilda Hodges: Foley Artist
- Fred Stafford: Supervising ADR Editor
- Mary Jo Lang: Foley Mixer

## Art

- [Larry Fulton](https://film.one/person/larry-fulton.md): Production Design
- [Richard Toyon](https://film.one/person/richard-toyon.md): Art Direction
- Dorree Cooper: Set Decoration
- Jeffrey McMahon: Construction Foreman
- Lucy Weber: Painter
- [Keith P. Cunningham](https://film.one/person/keith-p-cunningham.md): Set Designer
- Brad Einhorn: Property Master
- James F. Truesdale: Assistant Art Director
- John H. Samson: Construction Coordinator
- Francis N. 'Lucky' Costello: Standby Painter
- Joel McKee: Assistant Property Master
- Anthony Goldschmidt: Title Designer

## Costume and make-up

- [Ingrid Ferrin](https://film.one/person/ingrid-ferrin.md): Costume Design
- Asahel Cooper: Set Dressing Artist
- Wendy M. Craig: Set Costumer
- Pamela S. Westmore: Makeup Artist
- Marietta Carter-Narcisse: Key Makeup Artist
- Zandra Harding: Seamstress
- Robert L. Stevenson: Hairstylist
- Pamela Wise: Costume Supervisor
- Janine Rath-Thompson: Key Hair Stylist
- Fran Allgood: Costumer
- Ben Nye Jr.: Makeup Supervisor
- Joel Voorhies: Wardrobe Assistant

## Visual effects

- [Andrew Adamson](https://film.one/person/andrew-adamson.md): Visual Effects Supervisor
- Don Lee: Digital Compositor

## Lighting

- Eric Wycoff: Lighting Technician
- Rex Anson Rhorer: Rigging Grip
- Dennis J. Lootens: Rigging Gaffer
- Kevin Murphy: Gaffer
- Tom Anderson: Assistant Chief Lighting Technician

## Crew

- Troy Gilbert: Stunts
- Mickey Gilbert: Stunt Coordinator
- Nancy Mott: Craft Service
- Ronald Cox: Propmaker
- Lee Garibaldi: Transportation Captain
- D. G. Fisher: Cableman
- Gary Duncan: Picture Car Coordinator

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