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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.
Sep 17, 1993 · 2h 21m
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Crime
Drama

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.

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CAST

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
Directed by Alan J. Pakula

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
$45,000,000
Revenue
$195,268,056
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Country
US

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