The Pelican Brief
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.
6.6(1,795) 1993-09-17 141 minThrillerCrimeDrama
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.
ProducerAlan J. Pakula
ScreenplayAlan J. Pakula
ProducerPieter Jan Brugge
DirectorAlan J. Pakula
Original Music ComposerJames Horner
Cast & characters
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
John Lithgow
as Smith Keen
Anthony Heald
as Marty Velmano
Nicholas Woodeson
as Stump
Stanley Anderson
as Edwin Sneller
John Finn
as Matthew Barr
Cynthia Nixon
as Alice Stark
Jake Weber
as Curtis Morgan
Casey Biggs
as Eric East
Christopher Murray
as Rupert
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Sonny Jim Gaines
as Sarge
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Kevin Geer
as K.O. Lewis
Joe Chrest
as Song and Dance Man from Bar
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Richard Bauer
as Managing Editor
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Michelle O'Neill
as Sara Ann Morgan
