Idealistic young attorney Adam Hall takes on the death row clemency case of his racist grandfather, Sam Cayhall, a former Ku Klux Klan member he has never met.
Cast
Chris O'Donnell
Adam Hall
Gene Hackman
Sam Cayhall
Faye Dunaway
Lee Cayhall Bowen
Robert Prosky
E. Garner Goodman
Lela Rochon
Nora Stark
Bo Jackson
Sgt. Clyde Packer
Millie Perkins
Ruth Kramer
David Marshall Grant
Gov. David McAllister
Raymond J. Barry
Rollie Wedge
Nicholas Pryor
Judge Flynn F. Slattery
Richard Bradford
Wyn Lettner
Harve Presnell
Attorney General Roxburgh
Josef Sommer
Phelps Bowen
Jane Kaczmarek
Dr. Anne Biddows
Seth Isler
Marvin B. Kramer
Greg Wayne Elam
Joe Lincoln
Greg Goossen
J.B. Gullitt
Crew
James Foley
Director
William Goldman
Screenplay
Phil Alden Robinson
Screenplay
John Grisham
Novel
Mark Warner
Editor
Ian Baker
Director of Photography
Ric Kidney
Executive Producer
David T. Friendly
Executive Producer
Karen Kehela Sherwood
Executive Producer
Ron Howard
Producer
Brian Grazer
Producer
John Davis
Producer
Karen Snow
Associate Producer
Ray Conchado
Production Assistant
David Brisbin
Production Design
Mali Finn
Casting
Tracy Tynan
Costume Design
Angel De Angelis
Key Hair Stylist
Iraina Gibson
Hairstylist
Bonnie Clevering
Hairstylist
Deborah Mills-Whitlock
Hairstylist
Ron Scott
Hairstylist
Leonard Engelman
Key Makeup Artist
Ellen Wong
Makeup Artist
Lance Anderson
Makeup Artist
Lon Bentley
Makeup Artist
Carter Burwell
Original Music Composer
Lisa Fischer
Set Decoration
Nils Allen Stewart
Stunts
Webster Whinery
Stunts, Stunt Coordinator
Hugh Aodh O'Brien
Stunts
Kevin Grevioux
Stunts
Doc Duhame
Stunts
Jim McConnell
Stunt Double
Mark Worthington
Art Direction
Todd Sible
Stand In
Greg Goossen
Stand In
