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.
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Film Cast:
- Bryan Stevenson: Michael B. Jordan
- Eva Ansley: Brie Larson
- Walter McMillian: Jamie Foxx
- Anthony Ray Hinton: O’Shea Jackson Jr.
- Tommy Champan: Rafe Spall
- Herbert Richardson: Rob Morgan
- Ralph Myers: Tim Blake Nelson
- Judge Pamela Bachab: Rhoda Griffis
- Henry Davis: J. Alphonse Nicholson
- Minnie McMillian: Karan Kendrick
- Jeremy Doss: Hayes Mercure
- Judge Foster: Lindsay Ayliffe
- Doug Ansley: Dominic Bogart
- Charles Cooper, Office Manager: Tim Hooper
- Brenda: Andrene Ward-Hammond
- Bill: John Lacy
- Sheriff Tate: Michael Harding
- Woodrow Ikner: Ron Clinton Smith
- John McMillian: C.J. LeBlanc
- Stella Taylor: Kelly Mumme
- Alice Brooks: Mallory Hoff
- Jimmy: Terence Rosemore
- Charlie the Tree Expert: Charlie Pye Jr.
- Jim Wilkes: Christopher Wolfe
- Prison Guard: Adam Boyer
- Christy Stevenson: Jacinte Blankenship
- Howard Stevenson Jr.: Bryan Stevenson
- Howard Stevenson Sr.: Brad Sanders
- Alice Stevenson: Charmin Lee
- Kris Ansley: Sebastian Eugene Hansen
- Prison Interviewee: David Garlock
- Prison Interviewee: Robert Caston
- Prison Interviewee: Talmedge Hayes
- Prison Interviewee: Kuntrell Jackson
- Tracy: Tatom Pender
- Jackie McMillian: Scarlet Olivia Dunbar
- Evelyn McMillian: Denitra Isler
- Bernard: Darryl W. Handy
- Darnell Houston: Darrell Britt-Gibson
- Uncle Leo: Al Mitchell
- Local Male Witness: Pete Burris
- Local Female Witness: Susie Spear Purcell
- Deb: Deadra Moore
- Young Officer: Ryan Dinning
- Older Officer: Carl Palmer
- Doris Miller: Greta Glenn
- Chamber Guard: Alex Van
- Female Death Row Guard: Leydi Morales
- Holman Warden: Ben Peck
- Bailiff: Ted Huckabee
- Clay Kast: Ryan Girard
- Psychologist: Tim Ware
- Newscaster (voice): Norm Lewis
- Mrs. Chapman: Claire Bronson
- State Officer: Desmond Phillips
- Young Guard: Drew Starkey
- Judge Buren: Steve Coulter
- Inmate: McDaniel Austin
- Linus (uncredited): Drew Scheid
- Neighbor (uncredited): Brandon Armstrong
- Mrs. Franklin (uncredited): Elizabeth Becka
- David Walker (uncredited): Kirk Bovill
- Prisoner (uncredited): Tony Bradley
- Court Reporter (uncredited): Olivia De Paux
- Family Member (uncredited): Christine Hameed
- Mason Sheriff Deputy (uncredited): Harvey B. Jackson
- Black Guard (uncredited): Jay DeVon Johnson
- Prominent Monroeville Citizen (uncredited): Jay D. Kacho
- Professor Bartholet (uncredited): Mary Kraft
- Police Officer (uncredited): Josh Royston
- Mrs. Coleman (uncredited): Tonea Stewart
- Death Row Inmate (uncredited): Albert L. Taylor
- Prison Guard (uncredited): Robert Tinsley
- Courtroom Spectator (uncredited): Benjamin Weaver
Film Crew:
- Sound: Jay Meagher
- Production Design: Sharon Seymour
- Art Direction: James F. Truesdale
- Producer: Gil Netter
- Casting Director: Carmen Cuba
- Costume Design: Francine Jamison-Tanchuck
- Executive Producer: Mike Drake
- Executive Producer: Michael B. Jordan
- Editor: Nat Sanders
- Set Decoration: Maggie Martin
- Art Direction: Peter Borck
- Director: Destin Daniel Cretton
- Director of Photography: Brett Pawlak
- Original Music Composer: Joel P. West
- Producer: Asher Goldstein
- Novel: Bryan Stevenson
- Sound: Katy Wood
- Executive Producer: Gabriel Hammond
- Screenplay: Andrew Lanham
- Executive Producer: Daniel Hammond
- Art Direction: Rita Ghosh
- Art Direction: Samantha Dick
- Executive Producer: Charles D. King
- Executive Producer: Niija Kuykendall
- Sound: Onnalee Blake
Movie Reviews:
- tylero: For evidence that you’re never doing enough, look no further than Bryan Stevenson’s book-turned-film, _Just Mercy_. Emotional and gripping, performances from Michael B. Jordan and Jamie Foxx bring to life just one story from an iconic life-long pursuit of justice.