Just Mercy (2019)
Coming Out at January 8, 2020 in theaters.
Drama
Just Mercy is drama film directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, and written by Destin Daniel Cretton, Andrew Lanham and Bryan Stevenson. The film stars Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Foxx, Brie Larson, Tim Blake Nelson, O Shea Jackson Jr., Rob Morgan and Rafe Spall. It primiered at September 6, 2019 on Toronto International Film Festival.
Just Mercy follows young lawyer Bryan Stevenson (Michael B. Jordan) and his history-making battle for justice. After graduating from Harvard, Bryan had his pick of lucrative jobs. Instead, he heads to Alabama to defend those wrongly condemned or who were not afforded proper representation, with the support of local advocate Eva Ansley (Brie Larson).
One of his first, and most incendiary, cases is that of Walter McMillian (Jamie Foxx), who, in 1987, was sentenced to die for the notorious murder of an 18-year-old girl, despite a preponderance of evidence proving his innocence and the fact that the only testimony against him came from a criminal with a motive to lie. In the years that follow, Bryan becomes embroiled in a labyrinth of legal and political maneuverings and overt and unabashed racism as he fights for Walter, and others like him.
Director: Destin Daniel Cretton
Writers: Destin Daniel Cretton, Andrew Lanham, Bryan Stevenson (book)
Stars: Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Foxx, Brie Larson, Tim Blake Nelson, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Rob Morgan, Rafe Spall
Cast:
| Jamie Foxx | ► | Walter McMillian |
| Charlie Pye Jr. | ► | Charlie the Tree Expert |
| Michael Harding | ► | Sheriff Tate |
| Christopher Wolfe | ► | Jim Wilkes |
| Michael B. Jordan | ► | Bryan Stevenson |
| J. Alphonse Nicholson | ► | Henry Davis |
| Adam Boyer | ► | Prison Guard |
| Jacinte Blankenship | ► | Christy Stevenson |
| Bryan G. Stevenson | ► | Howard Stevenson, Jr. |
| Brad Sanders | ► | Howard Stevenson, Sr. |
| Charmin Lee | ► | Alice Stevenson |
| Brie Larson | ► | Eva Ansley |
| Sebastian Eugene Hansen | ► | Kris Ansley |
| John Lacy | ► | Bill Freeman, Office Manager |
| Dominic Bogart | ► | Doug Ansley |
| Hayes Mercure | ► | Jeremy Doss |
| Rob Morgan | ► | Herbert Richardson |
| David Garlock | ► | Prison Interviewee |
| Robert Caston | ► | Prison Interviewee |
| Talmedge Hayes | ► | Prison Interviewee |
| Kuntrell Jackson | ► | Prison Interviewee |
| O’Shea Jackson Jr. | ► | Anthony Ray Hinton |
| Tatom Pender | ► | Tracy |
| Rafe Spall | ► | Tommy Chapman |
| Karan Kendrick | ► | Minnie McMillian |
| C.J. LeBlanc | ► | John McMillian |
| Scarlet Olivia Dunbar | ► | Jackie McMillian |
| Denitra Isler | ► | Evelyn McMillian |
| Terence Rosemore | ► | Jimmy |
| Darryl W. Handy | ► | Bernard |
| Darrell Britt-Gibson | ► | Darnell Houston |
| Al Mitchell | ► | Uncle Leo |
| Pete Burris | ► | Local Male Witness |
| Susie Spear Purcell | ► | Local Female Witness |
| Ron Clinton Smith | ► | Woodrow Ikner |
| Deadra Moore | ► | Deb |
| Tim Hooper | ► | Charles Cooper, Office Manager |
| Andrene Ward-Hammond | ► | Brenda |
| Ryan Dinning | ► | Young Officer |
| Carl Palmer | ► | Older Officer |
| Tim Blake Nelson | ► | Ralph Myers |
| Greta Glenn | ► | Doris Miller |
| Alex Van | ► | Chamber Guard |
| Leydi Morales | ► | Female Death Row Guard |
| Ben Peck | ► | Holman Warden |
| Mallory Hoff | ► | Alice Brooks, Reporter |
| Lindsay Ayliffe | ► | Judge Foster |
| Ted Huckabee | ► | Bailiff |
| Ryan Girard | ► | Clay Kast |
| Tim Ware | ► | Psychologist |
| Norm Lewis | ► | Newscaster (voice) |
| Claire Bronson | ► | Mrs. Chapman |
| Kelly Mumme | ► | Stella Taylor, Reporter |
| Desmond Phillips | ► | State Officer |
| Drew Starkey | ► | Young Guard |
| Rhoda Griffis | ► | Judge Bachab |