As investigative reporter Ward Jansen and his partner Yardley Acheman chase a sensational, career-making story with the help of Ward's younger brother Jack and sultry death-row groupie Charlotte Bless, the pair tries to prove violent swamp-dweller Hillary Van Wetter was framed for the murder of a corrupt local sheriff.
Zac Efron
as Jack Jansen
Matthew McConaughey
as Ward Jansen
Nicole Kidman
as Charlotte Bless
David Oyelowo
as Yardley Acheman
Macy Gray
as Anita / Narrator
John Cusack
as Hillary Van Wetter
Scott Glenn
as W.W. Jansen
Ned Bellamy
as Tyree van Wetter
Nealla Gordon
as Ellen Guthrie
Edrick Browne
as Hustler #1
Kevin Waterman
as Victim
Danny Hanemann
as Sheriff Thurmond Call
