The Pelican Brief

Sep 17, 1993

2h 21m

★ 6.6

Two Supreme Court Justices have been assassinated. One lone law student has stumbled upon the truth. An investigative journalist wants her story. Everybody else wants her dead.

Overview

A law student's theory about the recent deaths of two Supreme Court justices embroils her in a far-reaching web of murder, corruption, and greed.

Genres

Thriller

Crime

Drama

Production Companies

Warner Bros. Pictures

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Cast

Darby Shaw

Julia Roberts

Gray Grantham

Denzel Washington

Thomas Callahan

Sam Shepard

Gavin Vereek

John Heard

Fletcher Coal

Tony Goldwyn

Denton Voyles

James B. Sikking

Bob Gminski

William Atherton

The President

Robert Culp

Khamel

Stanley Tucci

Justice Rosenberg

Hume Cronyn

Smith Keen

John Lithgow

Marty Velmano

Anthony Heald

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