The Pelican Brief

The Pelican Brief (1993)

PG25 February 1994 (IE)Thriller2 hours and 21 minutes
66%
User score

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.

Description

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.

Alan J. Pakula
Screenplay, Director
John Grisham
Novel

Actors

Julia Roberts
Julia Roberts
Darby Shaw
Denzel Washington
Denzel Washington
Gray Grantham
Sam Shepard
Sam Shepard
Thomas Callahan
John Heard
John Heard
Gavin Vereek
Tony Goldwyn
Tony Goldwyn
Fletcher Cole
James B. Sikking
James B. Sikking
FBI Director Denton Voyles
William Atherton
William Atherton
Bob Gminski
Robert Culp
Robert Culp
The President
Stanley Tucci
Stanley Tucci
Khamel
Hume Cronyn
Hume Cronyn
Justice Rosenberg
John Lithgow
John Lithgow
Smith Keen
Anthony Heald
Anthony Heald
Marty Velmano
Nicholas Woodeson
Nicholas Woodeson
Stump
Stanley Anderson
Stanley Anderson
Edwin Sneller
John Finn
John Finn
Matthew Barr
Cynthia Nixon
Cynthia Nixon
Alice Stark
Jake Weber
Jake Weber
Curtis Morgan / Garcia
Casey Biggs
Casey Biggs
Eric East
Christopher Murray
Christopher Murray
Rupert
Sonny Jim Gaines
Sonny Jim Gaines
Sarge
Status

Released

Original language

English

Budget

$45,000,000

Revenue

$195,268,056

Keywords
judgeprofessormission of murdersupreme courtlegal thrillerdramaticsuspenseful