Just Mercy (2019)

12/25/2019 (US) • Drama, Crime, History • 2h 17m

Every generation has its hero. Meet ours.

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.

Just Mercy (2019)

12/25/2019 (US) • 2h 17m

Drama, Crime, History

Every generation has its hero. Meet ours.

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.

Top Billed Cast

Michael B. Jordan

Bryan Stevenson

Eva Ansley

Walter McMillian

O'Shea Jackson Jr.

Anthony Ray Hinton

Tommy Champan

Herbert Richardson

Tim Blake Nelson

Ralph Myers

Judge Pamela Bachab

J. Alphonse Nicholson

Henry Davis

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$25,000,000.00

Revenue

$50,401,502.00

Keywords

death penalty

judge

innocence

based on true story

lawyer

electric chair

racism

execution

justice

humiliation

injustice

1980s

legal drama

earnest

excited

based on real person

concealing the truth

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