The Pelican Brief (1993)

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"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."

Movie · 1993 · 2h 21m · Released · Rated PG-13 · Thriller, Crime, Drama

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.

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Cast

  • Julia Roberts as Darby Shaw
  • Denzel Washington as Gray Grantham
  • Sam Shepard as Thomas Callahan
  • John Heard as Gavin Vereek
  • Tony Goldwyn as Fletcher Coal
  • James B. Sikking as Denton Voyles
  • William Atherton as Bob Gminski
  • Robert Culp as The President
  • Stanley Tucci as Khamel
  • Hume Cronyn as Justice Rosenberg

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