A Time To Kill

A Time to Kill is the name of a paperback novel by author David Mack, published by Pocket Books on August 1, 2004.
A Time to Kill is the name of a legal suspense thriller authored by John Grisham in 1989, and also of the novel's feature film 1996 adaptation.

The book

From the publisher Dell Publishing: Clanton, Mississippi. The life of a ten-year-old girl is shattered by two drunken and remorseless young men. The mostly white town reacts with shock and horror of the inhuman crime. Until her black father acquires an assault rifle--and takes justice into his own hands. For ten days, as burning crosses and the crack of sniper fire spread through the streets of Clanton, the nation sits spellbound as young defense attorney Jake Brigance struggles to save his client's life...and then his own...

The movie

The story takes place in the fictional town of Clanton, in Ford County, Mississippi -- a portmanteau of two Jackson, MS suburbs-- Clinton and Canton. The 1996 movie was filmed in Canton.

Plot teaser

The story revolves around a small southern Mississippi town where a young black girl is raped and beaten by two white men. The father, Carl Lee Hailey (Jackson), distraught and seeking vengeance, guns down the two men involved in the courthouse. Now, local lawyer Jake Brigance (McConaughey) works to defend Hailey in the midst of now-growing racial tensions that threaten to break out into a full-fledged race riot.

List of characters

Film crew

External links

 

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