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.”

6.6

1993

2h 21m

ThrillerCrimeDrama

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.

Key Crew

Director

Alan J. Pakula

Producers

Alan J. Pakula

Pieter Jan Brugge

Writers

Alan J. Pakula

Cinematography

Stephen Goldblatt

Music

James Horner

Cast (73)

Julia Roberts

Darby Shaw

Denzel Washington

Gray Grantham

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