Just Mercy
Every generation has its hero. Meet ours.
2019 · 2h 17m · PG-13 Crime, Drama, History
Overview
The powerful true story of Harvard-educated lawyer Bryan Stevenson, who goes to Alabama to defend the disenfranchised and wrongly condemned — including Walter McMillian, a man sentenced to death despite evidence proving his innocence. Bryan fights tirelessly for Walter with the system stacked against them.
Director and cast
- Michael B. Jordan as Bryan Stevenson
- Brie Larson as Eva Ansley
- Jamie Foxx as Walter McMillian
- O'Shea Jackson Jr. as Anthony Ray Hinton
- Rafe Spall as Tommy Champan
- Rob Morgan as Herbert Richardson
- Tim Blake Nelson as Ralph Myers
- Rhoda Griffis as Judge Pamela Bachab
- J. Alphonse Nicholson as Henry Davis
- Karan Kendrick as Minnie McMillian
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