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Just Mercy
Every generation has its hero. Meet ours.
Genres
DramaCrimeHistory
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.
Details
Budget
$25000000
Revenue
$50401502
Runtime
137 min
Release Date
2019-12-25
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
2411
Vote Average
7.855
Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.
Michael B. Jordan
Bryan Stevenson
Brie Larson
Eva Ansley
Jamie Foxx
Walter McMillian
O'Shea Jackson Jr.
Anthony Ray Hinton
Rafe Spall
Tommy Champan
Rob Morgan
Herbert Richardson
Tim Blake Nelson
Ralph Myers
Rhoda Griffis
Judge Pamela Bachab
J. Alphonse Nicholson
Henry Davis
Karan Kendrick
Minnie McMillian
Hayes Mercure
Jeremy Doss
Lindsay Ayliffe
Judge Foster
Dominic Bogart
Doug Ansley
Tim Hooper
Charles Cooper, Office Manager
Andrene Ward-Hammond
Brenda
John Lacy
Bill
Michael Harding
Sheriff Tate
Ron Clinton Smith
Woodrow Ikner
C.J. LeBlanc
John McMillian
Kelly Mumme
Stella Taylor
Mallory Hoff
Alice Brooks
Terence Rosemore
Jimmy
Charlie Pye Jr.
Charlie the Tree Expert
Christopher Wolfe
Jim Wilkes
Adam Boyer
Prison Guard
Jacinte Blankenship
Christy Stevenson
Brad Sanders
Howard Stevenson Sr.
Charmin Lee
Alice Stevenson
Sebastian Eugene Hansen
Kris Ansley
David Garlock
Prison Interviewee
Robert Caston
Prison Interviewee
Talmedge Hayes
Prison Interviewee
Kuntrell Jackson
Prison Interviewee
Tatom Pender
Tracy
Scarlet Olivia Dunbar
Jackie McMillian
Denitra Isler
Evelyn McMillian
Darryl W. Handy
Bernard
Darrell Britt-Gibson
Darnell Houston
Al Mitchell
Uncle Leo
Pete Burris
Local Male Witness
Susie Spear Purcell
Local Female Witness
Deadra Moore
Deb
Ryan Dinning
Young Officer
Carl Palmer
Older Officer
Greta Glenn
Doris Miller
Alex Van
Chamber Guard
Leydi Morales
Female Death Row Guard
Ben Peck
Holman Warden
Ted Huckabee
Bailiff
Ryan Girard
Clay Kast
Tim Ware
Psychologist
Norm Lewis
Newscaster (voice)
Claire Bronson
Mrs. Chapman
Desmond Phillips
State Officer
Drew Starkey
Young Guard
Steve Coulter
Judge Buren
McDaniel Austin
Inmate
Drew Scheid
Linus (uncredited)
Elizabeth Becka
Mrs. Franklin (uncredited)
Kirk Bovill
David Walker (uncredited)
Tony Bradley
Prisoner (uncredited)
Olivia De Paux
Court Reporter (uncredited)
Christine Hameed
Family Member (uncredited)
Harvey B. Jackson
Mason Sheriff Deputy (uncredited)
Jay DeVon Johnson
Black Guard (uncredited)
Mary Kraft
Professor Bartholet (uncredited)
Josh Royston
Police Officer (uncredited)
Tonea Stewart
Mrs. Coleman (uncredited)
Albert L. Taylor
Death Row Inmate (uncredited)
Benjamin Weaver
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Robert Tinsley
Prison Guard (uncredited)
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