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The Pelican Brief (1993)

PG-13

Mystery/Drama/Suspense/Thriller · 2h 21m · 6/29/1994

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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.

Description

Julia Roberts and Denzel Washington headline and Alan J. Pakula ('Presumed Innocent') directs this first-rate thriller based on the best-selling book by John Grisham. Two Supreme Court Justices have been murdered and a lone law student (Roberts) turns her suspicions about the deaths into a speculative brief that sends shock waves into the highest levels of government. She and a determined investigative reporter (Washington) want to tell the world what they have uncovered - if they live to tell it. The race is on and these two are more than runners. They're moving targets.

Status

Released

Language

English

Country

United States

Production Company

Warner Bros.

Budget

$45000000

Revenue

$195268056

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Cast

Julia Roberts

Darby Shaw

Denzel Washington

Gray Grantham

Sam Shepard

Thomas Callahan

John Heard

Gavin Vereek

Tony Goldwyn

Fletcher Coal

James Sikking

FBI Director Denton Voyles

William Atherton

Bob Gminski

Robert Culp

President

Stanley Tucci

Khamel

Hume Cronyn

Justice Rosenberg

John Lithgow

Smith Keen

Anthony Heald

Marty Velmano

Joe Chrest

Song & Dance Man from Bar

Carol Sutton

New Orleans Policewoman

Terrence Currier

Rosenberg's Nurse

Teagle F. Bougere

Male University Student

John Finn

Matthew Barr

Nicholas Woodeson

Stump

Norman Aronovic

Senior Washington Herald Editor

Magee Hickey

Herself

Jake Weber

Charles Morgan aka Garcia

Kyle Prue

News Desk Reporter

Joe James

Runner (voice)

Kyle Duvall

Reporter

Howard Shalwitz

Washington Herald Journalist

Christopher Murray

Rupert

Doug Coleman

Male Pursuer with Gun

Constance Yelverton

Clerk at Sheraton Hotel

Gene Babb

Reporter

Helen Carey

Federal Clerk

Michelle O'Neill

Sara Ann Morgan

Peter Carlin

Edward Linney

Kevin Geer

K.O. Lewis

Shanna Connell

Tulane Law Student

Stanley Anderson

Edwin Sneller

Scott Jefferson

Lt. Olsen

Edwin Newman

Himself

Cynthia Hood

Parklane Receptionist

Robert Pavlovich

CIA Agent Hotel Room

Danny Kamin

Hooten

Alan Wade

Parklane Administrator

Beverly Brigham

Safe Deposit Teller

Paul Morella

White & Blazevich Attorney

Jewell Robinson

Senior Washington Herald Editor

Sandra Quarterman

Laura Kass

Sonny Jim Gaines

Sarge

Jurian Hughes

White & Blazevich Receptionist

Kim Kettle

Gavin Verheek's Wife

Tom Quinn

Sara Ann Morgan's Father

Karen Bralove

University Placement Clerk

Ralph Cosham

Justice Jensen

Carrie Boren

Reporter

Karl Warren

Reporter

Kim Peter Kovac

Senior Washington Herald Editor

Franchelle Stewart Dorn

University Registrar

Michael Port

Tulane Law Student

James Earl Reed

Reporter

Ed Johnson

White & Blazevich Security Guard

Ellie K. Wang

Reporter at National Cathedral

Cynthia Nixon

Alice Stark

Carl Palmer

Cop in Cowboy Boots

Harold Surratt

Parklane Security Officer

Dick Stilwell

White & Blazevich Security

Casey Biggs

Eric East

Carey Varner

Female University Student

Richard Bauer

Managing Editor

Eliza Coleman

Female Pursuer with Gun

Crew

Alan J. Pakula

Director

John Grisham

Writer

Alan J. Pakula

Writer

Pieter Jan Brugge

Producer

Alan J. Pakula

Producer

Stephen Goldblatt

Cinematograpy

Tom Rolf

Editor

Trudy Ship

Editor

James Horner

Music