Film

The Pelican Brief

1993 · 2h 21m · Thriller · Crime · Drama

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.

IMDb

6.6

Rotten Tomatoes

56%

Metacritic

51

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.

Julia Roberts

Darby Shaw

Denzel Washington

Gray Grantham

Sam Shepard

Thomas Callahan

John Heard

Gavin Vereek

Tony Goldwyn

Fletcher Coal

James B. Sikking

Denton Voyles

William Atherton

Bob Gminski

Robert Culp

The President

Stanley Tucci

Khamel

Hume Cronyn

Justice Rosenberg

John Lithgow

Smith Keen

Anthony Heald

Marty Velmano

Nicholas Woodeson

Stump

Stanley Anderson

Edwin Sneller

John Finn

Matthew Barr

Cynthia Nixon

Alice Stark

• Alan J. PakulaScreenplay · Producer · Director
• John GrishamNovel
• Pieter Jan BruggeProducer
• Stephen GoldblattDirector of Photography
• James HornerOriginal Music Composer
• Tom RolfEditor
• Trudy ShipEditor
• Alixe GordinCasting

The Pelican Brief - Original Theatrical TrailerTheatrical Trailer #1 (35mm)Theatrical Trailer #2

Release date

September 17, 1993

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

2h 21m

Rated

PG-13

Budget

$45,000,000

Revenue

$195,268,056

Genres

Thriller, Crime, Drama

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