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A Time to Kill

Summary: In Canton, Mississippi, a fearless young lawyer and his assistant defend a black man accused of murdering two white men who raped his ten-year-old daughter, inciting violent retribution and revenge from the Ku Klux Klan.
Runtime: 2 h 29 min
MPAA: R

Country: United States
Language: English
Movie budget: $ 40,000,000
Domestic: $ 108,766,007
International: $ 43,500,000
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