Directed by Joel Schumacher, the film features an.
'Grisham's storytelling genius reminds us that when it comes to legal drama, the master is in a league of his own. A Time to Kill is a 1996 film adaptation of John Grishams 1989 legal thriller novel of the same name. 'Grisham is a superb, instinctive storyteller' - The Times ' John Grisham has perfected the art of cooking up convincing, fast-paced thrillers' - Telegraph 'The best thriller writer alive' - Ken Follett 'John Grisham is the master of legal fiction' - Jodi Picoult 'A master at the art of deft characterisation and the skilful delivery of hair-raising crescendos' - Irish Independent Brigance returns in SYCAMORE ROW and A TIME FOR MERCY. The original, epoch-defining Jake Brigance novel. It's the kind of case that could make a young lawyer's career.īut it's also the kind of case that could get a young lawyer killed. The private eye soon finds himself up to his ears in fights, more blackmail, hysterical women and murder. A private detective is hired to retrieve a valuable antique coin that was stolen from its owner by her son, who used it to pay off a blackmailer. A national media circus descends on Clanton.Īs tensions mount, Hailey hires the inexperienced Jake Brigance to defend him. Comedy Crime Film-Noir A private detective is hired to retrieve a valuable antique coin that was stolen from its owner by her son, who used it to pay off a blackmailer. With Lloyd Nolan, Heather Angel, Doris Merrick, Ralph Byrd.
When Carl Lee Hailey guns down the violent racists who raped his ten-year-old daughter, the people of the small town of Clanton, Mississippi see it as justice done, and call for his acquittal.īut when extremists outside Clanton - including the KKK - hear that a black man has killed two white men, they invade the town, determined to destroy anything and anyone that opposes their sense of justice. John Grisham's first and most shocking novel, adapted as a film starring Samuel L.
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