Matthew McConaughey (Jack Brigance), Sandra Bullock (Ellen Roarková), Samuel L. Jackson (Carl Lee Hailey), Kevin Spacey (Buckley), Oliver Platt (Harry Rex Vonner), Charles S. Dutton (šerif Walls), Brenda Fricker (Ethel Twittyová), Donald Sutherland (Lucien Wilbanks), Kiefer Sutherland (Freddie Cobb), Patrick McGoohan (soudce Noose), Ashley Judd (Carla), Tonea Stewart (Glen), John Diehl (Tim Nunley), Rae'Ven Larrymore Kelly (Tonya), Chris Cooper (Looney), Nicky Katt (Billy Ray Cobb), Doug Hutchison (Pete Willard), Kurtwood Smith (Stump Sisson), M. Emmet Walsh (dr. Bass), Anthony Heald (dr. Rodeheaver), Beth Grant (paní Cobbová), Alexandra Kyle (Hannah Brigance), Terry Loughlin (Jury Foreman), Andy Stahl (člen poroty), Mike Pniewski (Tatum), Byron Jennings (Brent Musgrove), Tim Parati (Winston), Rebecca Koon (Dell), Steve Coulter, Joe Seneca (Street), Thomas Merdis (Agee), Jonathan Hadary (Renfield), Darrin Mitchell (Skip Hailey), LaConte McGrew (Slim Hailey), Devin Lloyd (Willie Hailey), Mark W. Johnson (Hastings), Joe Bullen (Joe Frank Perryman), Lorraine Middleton (blondýnka v porotě), Graham Timbes (člen poroty), Patrick Sutton (militantní mladík), Greg Lauren (Taylor), Danny Nelson (Bud), Elizabeth Omilami (členka klanu), Lukas Cain (Looneyho syn), Stacy Rae Toyon (Looneyho žena), Wayne Dehart (Claude), Helen E. Floyd (Claudeova partnerka), James M. Crumley (Mackenvale), Jim II. Ritchie (Tom Hardy), Perry Ritchie (Sarah Hardy), Mike McLaren (úředník), Tim Monich (Fink), Leonard Thomas (muž z Lumberyard), Brance H. Beamon (Butler), Will Crapps (ministr), David U. Hodges (Bailiff), Maggie Wade Dixon (T.V. Reportérka), Russell Hambline (starý Bates), Robert II. Chapman (mladý rybář), Robert R. Bell (rybář), Tommy McCullough (starý rybář), Bettina Rose (sekretářka), Linda Calvin Johnson (Sugar), Alice Julius-Scott (žena NAACP), William Dr. Truly (1. muž NAACP), Walter L. Hutchins (2. Muž NAACP), Howard Ballou (reportér), Todd Demers (reportér), Stephanie Strickland (reportérka), Kim Hendrix (reportér), Rob Jay (reportér), Sherri Hilton (reportér), Jackie II. Stewart (šéf hasičů), Rosebud Dixon-Green (žena na rally), Sheryl Clark (divačka), David Brian Williams, Benjamin Mouton, Ryk St. Vincent, Mildred J. Gilbreath, Terrance Freeman, Jerry II. Hunt |