Rollebesetning

• Matthew McConaughey — Jake Tyler Brigance
• Sandra Bullock — Ellen Roark
• Doug Hutchison — James Louis 'Pete' Willard
• Oliver Platt — Harry Rex Vonner
• Charles S. Dutton — Sheriff Ozzie Walls
• Ashley Judd — Carla Brigance
• Patrick McGoohan — Judge Omar Noose
• Samuel L. Jackson — Carl Lee Hailey
• Kevin Spacey — D.A. Rufus Buckley
• Donald Sutherland — Lucien Wilbanks
• Kiefer Sutherland — Freddie Lee Cobb
• Chris Cooper — Deputy Dwayne Powell Looney
• Kurtwood Smith — Stump Sisson
• Brenda Fricker — Ethel Twitty
• Tonea Stewart — Gwen Hailey
• John Diehl — Tim Nunley
• Nicky Katt — Billy Ray Cobb
• Beth Grant — Cora Mae Cobb
• Mark W. Johnson — Deputy Willie Hastings
• Thomas Merdis — Reverend Ollie Agee
• Alexandra Kyle — Hannah Brigance
• Terry Loughlin — Jury Foreman
• Andy Stahl — Reluctant Male Juror
• Graham Timbes — Male Juror
• Jonathan Hadary — Norman Reinfield
• Byron Jennings — Brent Musgrove
• Greg Lauren — Taylor
• Danny Nelson — Bud Twitty
• Wayne Dehart — Claude
• Rebecca Koon — Dell
• Robert Chapman — Young Fisherman
• Steve Coulter — Klansman
• Jackie Stewart — Fire Chief
• Tim Parati — Winston
• Anthony Heald — Dr. Wilbert Rodeheaver
• Octavia Spencer — Roark's Nurse
• Joe Seneca — Reverend Isaiah Street
• Benjamin Mouton — Klan Bomber
• Mike Pniewski — Deputy Tatum