Matthew McConaughey (Jake Tyler Brigance), Sandra Bullock (Ellen Roark), Samuel L. Jackson (Carl Lee Hailey), Kevin Spacey (Rufus Buckley), Donald Sutherland (Lucien Wilbanks), Charles S. Dutton (Sheriff Ozzie Walls), Oliver Platt (Harry Rex Vonner), Brenda Fricker (Ethel Twitty), Kiefer Sutherland (Freddie Lee Cobb), Mike Pniewski (Deputy Tatum), Chris Cooper (Deputy Dwayne Powell Looney), Kurtwood Smith (Stump Sisson), John Diehl (Tim Nunley), Joe Seneca (Reverend Isaiah Street), Patrick McGoohan (Richter Omar Noose), Doug Hutchison (James Louis 'Pete' Willard), Terry Loughlin (Jury-Vorsteher), Nicky Katt (Billy Ray Cobb), Benjamin Mouton (Klan-Attentäter), Beth Grant (Cora Mae Cobb), Ashley Judd (Carla Brigance), Byron Jennings (Brent Musgrove), Anthony Heald (Dr. Wilbert Rodeheaver), Tim Parati (Winston), Tonea Stewart (Gwen Hailey), Jonathan Hadary (Norman Reinfield), Rebecca Koon (Dell), Mark W. Johnson (Deputy Willie Hastings), Thomas Merdis (Reverend Ollie Agee), Jim Ritchie (Tom Hardy), Raeven Larrymore Kelly (Tonya Hailey), Joe Bullen (Joe Frank Perryman), Devin Lloyd (Willie Hailey), Darrin Mitchell (Skip Hailey), Danny Nelson (Bud Twitty), Greg Lauren (Taylor), LaConte McGrew (Slim Hailey)