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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.”

6.619932h 21mPG-13Released

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.

The story

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.

Director: Alan J. Pakula
Original language: en
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures

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

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