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

Destin Daniel Cretton, Andrew Lanham, Bryan Stevenson

Top Billed

Michael B. Jordan

Keywords

death penalty judge innocence based on true story lawyer electric chair racism execution justice 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

Keith Splinter Davis

Stunt Coordinator

Karen Davis

Second Assistant Director

Brett Cranford

Unit Production Manager

Michael J. Moore

First Assistant Director

Scott Budnick

Executive Producer

Jeff Skoll

Executive Producer

John Dixon

Stunts

Jennie Lee

Associate Producer

Michael B. Jordan

Producer

Gabe Hilfer

Music Supervisor

Amber Harley

Script Supervisor

Roberty Murray

Lighting Technician

Victoria K. Warren

Second Assistant "B" Camera

Eric Cunningham

Assistant Chief Lighting Technician

John Moredock

Set Designer

Brian Didsbury

Boom Operator

Beau Higgins

Rigging Grip

Cierra Madison

Set Designer

Michael Heathcote

"A" Camera Operator

Mark 'Boylee' Boyle

First Assistant "B" Camera

Michael Kim

Digital Imaging Technician

Michael Cochrane

Rigging Supervisor

Johnny Quintana

Second Assistant "A" Camera

Phil Morgan

Rigging Grip

Donte Walker

Stunts

Nito Serna

First Assistant "A" Camera

Bruce Leefook

Lighting Technician

Darwin Montana Browne

Key Grip

Alana Mayo

Co-Producer

Michael Heathcote

Steadicam Operator

Matt Heath

First Assistant "A" Camera

Chris Arata

"B" Camera Operator

Ryan Mengel

Lighting Technician

Tami Goldman

Associate Producer

Matt Evans

Camera Loader

Joe Foley

Stunts

Kelly Clear

Chief Lighting Technician

Jamaal Crosby

Rigging Grip

Nick Davenport

Rigging Grip

Benjamin Farthing

Utility Sound

Colin Lutke

Lighting Technician

Conrad Hilton

Hairstylist

Earl Tanchuck

Costume Supervisor

David Bach

Dialogue Editor

Chris Spears

Rigging Grip

Ryan Robertson

Stunts

Nick Stanner

Stunts

Jay Meagher

Production Sound Mixer

Justin Viger

Grip

David Atherton

Special Effects Makeup Artist

Katy Wood

Supervising Sound Editor

Eric A. Norris

Sound Effects Editor

Greg Crawford

ADR Mixer

Lawrence Davis

Hair Department Head

Thomas J. O'Connell

ADR Mixer

Crystal Woodford

Key Hair Stylist

Kaitlyn Ali

Post Production Assistant

Gilbert Nogalski

Grip

Mathew Waters

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Aaron Toups

Best Boy Grip

Icy White

Costumer

Adoma Ananeh-Firempong

First Assistant Editor

Onnalee Blank

Supervising Sound Editor

Del Spiva

Music Editor

Ryan Ferguson

Dolly Grip

Andrea Bowman

Hair Department Head

Demetricus Holloway

Key Costumer

Phil Barrie

Sound Effects Editor

Patrick Strunk

Grip

Nathan Cooper

Grip

Joy Cretton

Assistant Costume Designer

Onnalee Blank

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Patrice Coleman

Makeup Department Head

Bridgit Crider

Key Makeup Artist

Ai Nakata

Hairstylist

Deborrah Fairweather

Costumer

Patrick Blake

Grip

Natalie Johnson

Key Makeup Artist

Krystn Leigh

Costumer

Randy K. Singer

Foley Mixer

Jove Edmond

Hairstylist

Lynn Sable

First Assistant Sound Editor

Kennith G. Smith

Dolly Grip

Ando Johnson

Sound Effects Editor

Kathleen Richter

Payroll Accountant

Matt DiGennaro

Assistant Accountant

Jeff Juszkiewicz

Set Dresser

Eitan Sonnenberg

Set Dresser

Catherine Harper

Foley Artist

Alex McNeill

Production Secretary

Laurie Garner

Props

Maria Elia Castro

Art Department Coordinator

Sahar Simmons

Assistant Accountant

Curtis Crowe

Construction Coordinator

Jamal DZ Mullen

Assistant Location Manager

Freddie Davis

Transportation Co-Captain

Caryn Cheever

First Assistant Accountant

Laura Lecher

Craft Service

Ian Vertovec

Digital Intermediate Colorist

Dean Adam Citroni

Assistant Location Manager

Elizabeth Ralston

Assistant Property Master

Christopher Watson

Set Dresser

Katherine Rose

Foley Artist

Rehya Young

Location Manager

Spencer Anderson

Set Dresser

Brett Fahle

Set Dresser

Rose Beale

Production Office Coordinator

Rodney Harris

Set Dresser

Jake Giles Netter

Still Photographer

Katie Feigenbaum

Casting Assistant

Reena Magsarili

Production Accountant

Aaron Gutentag

Assistant Location Manager

Caius Man

Special Effects Coordinator

Richard B. Wester

Leadman

T.D. Antoine

Set Dresser

Kalas Pendergraft

Extras Casting Assistant

Jeremy Tan

Assistant Location Manager

Shawn M. Gray

Property Master

Jax Baker

Production Supervisor

Heather Taylor

Extras Casting

Travis Murrell

Craft Service

Jessie McMillion

Construction Foreman

Charley Medigovich

Casting Associate

Charles Pickard

Transportation Captain

Gregory Santoro

Second Second Assistant Director

Zara Park

Digital Intermediate Producer

Manny Dubón

Digital Intermediate Editor

Matt Blackshear

Digital Intermediate Editor

Monique Eissing

Digital Intermediate Editor

Gil Netter

Producer

Mike Drake

Executive Producer

Destin Daniel Cretton

Director

Destin Daniel Cretton

Screenplay

Andrew Lanham

Screenplay

Bryan Stevenson

Novel

Bryan Stevenson

Executive Producer

Karriem Riggins

Musician

Peter Borck

Art Direction

Samantha Dick

Art Direction

Michael B. Jordan

Executive Producer

Rita Ghosh

Art Direction

Brett Pawlak

Director of Photography

Carmen Cuba

Casting Director

James F. Truesdale

Art Direction

Maggie Martin

Set Decoration

Charles D. King

Executive Producer

Gabriel Hammond

Executive Producer

Francine Jamison-Tanchuck

Costume Design

Asher Goldstein

Producer

Sharon Seymour

Production Design

Nat Sanders

Editor

Joel P. West

Original Music Composer

Niija Kuykendall

Executive Producer

Daniel Hammond

Executive Producer

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.