Matthew McConaughey

Jake Brigance

Sandra Bullock

Ellen Roark

Samuel L. Jackson

Carl Lee Hailey

Kevin Spacey

Rufus Buckley

Ashley Judd

Carla Brigance

Donald Sutherland

Lucien Wilbanks

Oliver Platt

Harry Rex Vonner

Charles S. Dutton

Ozzie Walls

Brenda Fricker

Ethel Twitty

Kiefer Sutherland

Freddie Lee Cobb

Patrick McGoohan

Judge Omar Noose

Rae'Ven Larrymore Kelly

Tonya Hailey

Tonea Stewart

Gwen Hailey

John Diehl

Tim Nunley

Chris Cooper

Dwayne Looney

Nicky Katt

Billy Ray Cobb

Doug Hutchison

Pete Willard

Kurtwood Smith

Stump Sisson

Tim Parati

Winston

Beth Grant

Cora Mae Cobb

Anthony Heald

Wilbert Rodeheaver

M. Emmet Walsh

Willard Tyrell Bass (uncredited)

Octavia Spencer

Roark's Nurse

Darrin Mitchell

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