"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."
Chris O'Donnell
as Adam Hall
Gene Hackman
as Sam Cayhall
Faye Dunaway
as Lee Cayhall Bowen
Robert Prosky
as E. Garner Goodman
Lela Rochon
as Nora Stark
Bo Jackson
as Sgt. Clyde Packer
Millie Perkins
as Ruth Kramer
David Marshall Grant
as Gov. David McAllister
Raymond J. Barry
as Rollie Wedge
Nicholas Pryor
as Judge Flynn F. Slattery
Richard Bradford
as Wyn Lettner
Harve Presnell
as Attorney General Roxburgh
Josef Sommer
as Phelps Bowen
Jane Kaczmarek
as Dr. Anne Biddows
Seth Isler
as Marvin B. Kramer
Greg Wayne Elam
as Joe Lincoln
Greg Goossen
as J.B. Gullitt
James Foley
Director
Ian Baker
Director of Photography
Ric Kidney
Executive Producer
Ron Howard
Producer
Brian Grazer
Mark Warner
Editor
John Davis
Carter Burwell
Original Music Composer
William Goldman
Screenplay
John Grisham
Novel
Todd Sible
Stand In
Ron Scott
Hairstylist
Ellen Wong
Makeup Artist
Lisa Fischer
Set Decoration
Leonard Engelman
Key Makeup Artist
Phil Alden Robinson
Angel De Angelis
Key Hair Stylist
Mark Worthington
Art Direction
Lon Bentley
Lance Anderson
Deborah Mills-Whitlock
David T. Friendly
Mali Finn
Casting
Iraina Gibson
Karen Snow
Associate Producer
David Brisbin
Production Design
Tracy Tynan
Costume Design
Bonnie Clevering
Karen Kehela Sherwood
Hugh Aodh O'Brien
Stunts
Doc Duhame
Jim McConnell
Stunt Double
Webster Whinery
Stunt Coordinator
Nils Allen Stewart
Kevin Grevioux
Ray Conchado
Production Assistant