Just Mercy (2019)

December 25, 2019 (US) • Drama, Crime, History • 137m

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.

Director

Destin Daniel Cretton

Writers

Andrew Lanham, Destin Daniel Cretton, Bryan Stevenson

Top Billed

Michael B. Jordan

Keywords

death penalty judge innocence based on true story lawyer electric chair racism execution justice true crime humiliation injustice 1980s legal drama earnest excited based on real person concealing the truth

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Top Billed Cast

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

Bryan G. Stevenson

Howard Stevenson, Jr.

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

Crew

Michael B. Jordan

Producer

Brett Cranford

Unit Production Manager

Jeff Skoll

Executive Producer

Karen Davis

Second Assistant Director

Keith Splinter Davis

Stunt Coordinator

Gabe Hilfer

Music Supervisor

Michael J. Moore

First Assistant Director

Scott Budnick

Executive Producer

Chris Arata

"B" Camera Operator

Ryan Robertson

Stunts

John Moredock

Set Designer

Jamaal Crosby

Rigging Grip

Nito Serna

First Assistant "A" Camera

Johnny Quintana

Second Assistant "A" Camera

Ryan Mengel

Lighting Technician

Alana Mayo

Co-Producer

Matt Heath

First Assistant "A" Camera

Nick Stanner

Stunts

Donte Walker

Stunts

Brian Didsbury

Boom Operator

Tami Goldman

Associate Producer

Cierra Madison

Set Designer

Phil Morgan

Rigging Grip

Bruce Leefook

Lighting Technician

Colin Lutke

Lighting Technician

Beau Higgins

Rigging Grip

Benjamin Farthing

Utility Sound

Roberty Murray

Lighting Technician

Victoria K. Warren

Second Assistant "B" Camera

Amber Harley

Script Supervisor

Michael Cochrane

Rigging Supervisor

Chris Spears

Rigging Grip

John Dixon

Stunts

Michael Heathcote

"A" Camera Operator

Mark 'Boylee' Boyle

First Assistant "B" Camera

Jay Meagher

Production Sound Mixer

Joe Foley

Stunts

Matt Evans

Camera Loader

Michael Kim

Digital Imaging Technician

Eric Cunningham

Assistant Chief Lighting Technician

Darwin Montana Browne

Key Grip

Jennie Lee

Associate Producer

Michael Heathcote

Steadicam Operator

Kelly Clear

Chief Lighting Technician

Nick Davenport

Rigging Grip

Ryan Ferguson

Dolly Grip

Katy Wood

Supervising Sound Editor

Patrick Strunk

Grip

Natalie Johnson

Key Makeup Artist

Conrad Hilton

Hairstylist

Earl Tanchuck

Costume Supervisor

Mathew Waters

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Patrick Blake

Grip

Nathan Cooper

Grip

Bridgit Crider

Key Makeup Artist

Del Spiva

Music Editor

Ando Johnson

Sound Effects Editor

Joy Cretton

Assistant Costume Designer

Thomas J. O'Connell

ADR Mixer

Andrea Bowman

Hair Department Head

Aaron Toups

Best Boy Grip

Justin Viger

Grip

Krystn Leigh

Costumer

Adoma Ananeh-Firempong

First Assistant Editor

Phil Barrie

Sound Effects Editor

Greg Crawford

ADR Mixer

Randy K. Singer

Foley Mixer

Patrice Coleman

Makeup Department Head

Onnalee Blank

Supervising Sound Editor

David Bach

Dialogue Editor

Eric A. Norris

Sound Effects Editor

Lawrence Davis

Hair Department Head

Ai Nakata

Hairstylist

Deborrah Fairweather

Costumer

Kennith G. Smith

Dolly Grip

Gilbert Nogalski

Grip

Jove Edmond

Hairstylist

Lynn Sable

First Assistant Sound Editor

David Atherton

Special Effects Makeup Artist

Crystal Woodford

Key Hair Stylist

Icy White

Costumer

Kaitlyn Ali

Post Production Assistant

Demetricus Holloway

Key Costumer

Onnalee Blank

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Sahar Simmons

Assistant Accountant

Catherine Harper

Foley Artist

Alex McNeill

Production Secretary

Kathleen Richter

Payroll Accountant

Matt DiGennaro

Assistant Accountant

Laurie Garner

Props

Jeff Juszkiewicz

Set Dresser

Spencer Anderson

Set Dresser

Eitan Sonnenberg

Set Dresser

Curtis Crowe

Construction Coordinator

Jax Baker

Production Supervisor

Katherine Rose

Foley Artist

Maria Elia Castro

Art Department Coordinator

Laura Lecher

Craft Service

Zara Park

Digital Intermediate Producer

Manny Dubón

Digital Intermediate Editor

Jamal DZ Mullen

Assistant Location Manager

Rodney Harris

Set Dresser

Ian Vertovec

Digital Intermediate Colorist

Rose Beale

Production Office Coordinator

Caryn Cheever

First Assistant Accountant

Rehya Young

Location Manager

Elizabeth Ralston

Assistant Property Master

T.D. Antoine

Set Dresser

Brett Fahle

Set Dresser

Christopher Watson

Set Dresser

Aaron Gutentag

Assistant Location Manager

Jeremy Tan

Assistant Location Manager

Shawn M. Gray

Property Master

Richard B. Wester

Leadman

Dean Adam Citroni

Assistant Location Manager

Reena Magsarili

Production Accountant

Caius Man

Special Effects Coordinator

Charley Medigovich

Casting Associate

Travis Murrell

Craft Service

Gregory Santoro

Second Second Assistant Director

Freddie Davis

Transportation Co-Captain

Charles Pickard

Transportation Captain

Jessie McMillion

Construction Foreman

Jake Giles Netter

Still Photographer

Kalas Pendergraft

Extras Casting Assistant

Monique Eissing

Digital Intermediate Editor

Heather Taylor

Extras Casting

Matt Blackshear

Digital Intermediate Editor

Katie Feigenbaum

Casting Assistant

Andrew Lanham

Screenplay

Mike Drake

Executive Producer

Destin Daniel Cretton

Screenplay

Destin Daniel Cretton

Director

Gil Netter

Producer

Bryan Stevenson

Novel

Bryan Stevenson

Executive Producer

Karriem Riggins

Musician

Peter Borck

Art Direction

Samantha Dick

Art Direction

James F. Truesdale

Art Direction

Brett Pawlak

Director of Photography

Carmen Cuba

Casting Director

Michael B. Jordan

Executive Producer

Rita Ghosh

Art Direction

Niija Kuykendall

Executive Producer

Joel P. West

Original Music Composer

Daniel Hammond

Executive Producer

Gabriel Hammond

Executive Producer

Asher Goldstein

Producer

Maggie Martin

Set Decoration

Sharon Seymour

Production Design

Nat Sanders

Editor

Charles D. King

Executive Producer

Francine Jamison-Tanchuck

Costume Design

Brittany Upchurch

Set Decoration Buyer

Christian Wood

Visual Effects

Reviews

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⭐ 8/10

July 31, 2020

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.