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The Pelican Brief 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.”

★ 6.6 2h 21m ThrillerCrimeDrama

Directed by Alan J. Pakula

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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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Washington, D.C. New Orleans

The cast

Julia Roberts

Julia Roberts Darby Shaw

Denzel Washington

Denzel Washington Gray Grantham

Sam Shepard

Sam Shepard Thomas Callahan

John Heard

John Heard Gavin Vereek

Tony Goldwyn

Tony Goldwyn Fletcher Coal

James B. Sikking

James B. Sikking Denton Voyles

William Atherton

William Atherton Bob Gminski

Robert Culp

Robert Culp The President

Stanley Tucci

Stanley Tucci Khamel

Hume Cronyn

Hume Cronyn Justice Rosenberg

John Lithgow

John Lithgow Smith Keen

Anthony Heald

Anthony Heald Marty Velmano

Nicholas Woodeson

Nicholas Woodeson Stump

Stanley Anderson

Stanley Anderson Edwin Sneller

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