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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.

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The Pelican Brief — Plot

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.

  • Release date
  • September 17, 1993
  • Runtime
  • 141 min
  • Genres
  • Thriller, Crime, Drama
  • Director
  • Alan J. Pakula

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The Pelican Brief — Cast

Julia Roberts photo Julia Roberts Darby Shaw Denzel Washington photo Denzel Washington Gray Grantham Sam Shepard photo Sam Shepard Thomas Callahan John Heard photo John Heard Gavin Vereek Tony Goldwyn photo Tony Goldwyn Fletcher Coal James B. Sikking photo James B. Sikking Denton Voyles William Atherton photo William Atherton Bob Gminski Robert Culp photo Robert Culp The President

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