Film

The Pelican Brief (1993)

Name: The Pelican Brief
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Released: 1993

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.
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Crime, Drama, Thriller· Directed by Alan J. Pakula· 141 min

Overview

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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From the author of "The Firm" and "The Client" and the director of "Presumed Innocent" and "All The President's Men."

Connections

Top billing

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

Topics

based on novel or book
dramatic
judge
legal thriller
mission of murder
professor
supreme court
suspenseful