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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.

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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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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
  • John Finn John Finn Matthew Barr
  • Cynthia Nixon Cynthia Nixon Alice Stark
  • Jake Weber Jake Weber Curtis Morgan
  • Casey Biggs Casey Biggs Eric East

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