Movie
My Cousin Vinny
There have been many courtroom dramas that have glorified the Great American Legal System. This is not one of them.
Two carefree pals traveling through rural Alabama on their way back to college are mistakenly arrested and charged with murder. Fortunately, one of them has a cousin who's a lawyer - Vincent Gambini, a former auto mechanic from Brooklyn who has just passed his bar exam after his sixth try. When he arrives with his leather-clad girlfriend to try his first case, it's a real shock - for him and the Deep South!
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Checked Sep 5, 2026
My Cousin Vinny is available to stream on DirecTV On Demand, Paramount+, Paramount+ (Via Amazon Prime), YouTube TV, and Fubo in United States. You can also rent or buy it from Amazon, Apple TV, Fandango at Home, Google Play, and Spectrum On Demand. Use the direct links below to open the provider.
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Two carefree pals traveling through rural Alabama on their way back to college are mistakenly arrested and charged with murder. Fortunately, one of them has a cousin who's a lawyer - Vincent Gambini, a former auto mechanic from Brooklyn who has just passed his bar exam after his sixth try. When he arrives with his leather-clad girlfriend to try his first case, it's a real shock - for him and the Deep South!
More about My Cousin Vinny
Cast
Ralph MacchioBill Gambini
Joe PesciVinny Gambini
Marisa TomeiMona Lisa Vito
Mitchell WhitfieldStan Rothenstein
Fred GwynneJudge Chamberlain Haller
Lane SmithJim Trotter III
Austin PendletonJohn Gibbons
Bruce McGillSheriff FarleyCredits
- Directed by
- Jonathan Lynn
- Written by
- Dale Launer
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $11M
- Box office
- $64.1M
Production
- Palo Vista Productions
- Peter V. Miller Investment Corp.
20th Century FoxUnited States- Dale Launer Production
