Movie
The Pelican Brief
1993PG-132h 21m6.6 / 10
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.
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.
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Synopsis
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.
More about The Pelican Brief
Cast
Julia RobertsDarby Shaw
Denzel WashingtonGray Grantham
Sam ShepardThomas Callahan
John HeardGavin Vereek
Tony GoldwynFletcher Coal
James B. SikkingDenton Voyles
William AthertonBob Gminski
Robert CulpThe PresidentCredits
- Directed by
- Alan J. Pakula
- Written by
- Alan J. Pakula, John Grisham
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $45M
- Box office
- $195.3M
Production
Warner Bros. PicturesUnited States
Themes
based on novel or bookdramaticjudgelegal thrillermission of murderprofessorsupreme courtsuspenseful
