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The Pelican Brief

The Pelican Brief

  • Status: Released
  • 17-09-1993
  • Runtime: 141 min
  • Score: 6.596
  • Vote count: 1681

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.

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

Stanley Tucci

Khamel

Hume Cronyn

Justice Rosenberg

John Lithgow

Smith Keen

Anthony Heald

Marty Velmano

Nicholas Woodeson

Stump

Stanley Anderson

Edwin Sneller

John Finn

Matthew Barr

Cynthia Nixon

Alice Stark

Jake Weber

Curtis Morgan

Casey Biggs

Eric East

Christopher Murray

Rupert

Sonny Jim Gaines

Sarge

Kevin Geer

K.O. Lewis

Joe Chrest

Song and Dance Man from Bar

Richard Bauer

Managing Editor

Michelle O'Neill

Sara Ann Morgan

Peter Carlin

Edward Linney

Ralph Cosham

Justice Jensen

Terrence Currier

Rosenberg's Nurse

Edwin Newman

Edwin Newman

Helen Carey

Federal Clerk

Howard Shalwitz

Washington Herald Journalist

Kyle Prue

News Desk Reporter

Jewell Robinson

Senior Washington Herald Editor

Kim Peter Kovac

Senior Washington Herald Editor

Norman Aronovic

Senior Washington Herald Editor

Carl Palmer

Cop in Cowboy Boots

Carol Sutton

New Orleans Policewoman

Scott M. Jefferson

Lieutenant Olsen

Danny Kamin

Hooten

Mark McLaughlin

CIA Agent in Hotel Room

Robert Pavlovich

CIA Agent in Hotel Room

Magee Hickey

Magee Hickey

Constance Yelverton

Clerk at Sheraton Hotel

Kim Kettle

Gavin Verheek's Wife

Ellie K. Wang

Reporter at National Cathedral

Franchelle Stewart Dorn

University Registrar

Karen Bralove

University Placement Clerk

Teagle F. Bougere

Male University Student

Carey Varner

Female University Student

Sandra Quarterman

Laura Kass

Cynthia Hood

Parklane Receptionist

Alan Wade

Parklane Administrator

Harold Surratt

Parklane Security Officer

Paul Morella

White & Blazevich Attorney

Ed Johnson

White & Blazevich Security Guard

Jurian Hughes

White & Blazevich Receptionist

Dick Stilwell

White & Blazevich Security

Tom Quinn

Sara Ann Morgan's Father

Beverly Brigham

Safe Deposit Teller

Eliza Coleman

Female Pursuer with Gun

Doug Coleman

Male Pursuer with Gun

Michael Port

Tulane Law Student

Shanna Connell

Tulane Law Student

Gene Babb

Reporter

Kyle Duvall

Reporter

Karl Warren

Reporter

Carrie Boren

Reporter

James Earl Reed

Reporter

Marianne Hettinger

Eyewitness (uncredited)

Shane LeCocq

Mardi Gras Party Patron (uncredited)

Kimberley Roper

French Quarter Prostitute (uncredited)

Codie Scott

Man Partying in Quarter (uncredited)

William Shipman

Office Worker (uncredited)

Joe James

Runner (voice,uncredited)

Wuchak

Julia Roberts and Denzel Washington team-up in this crime thriller RELEASED IN 1993 and directed by Alan J. Pakula from John Grisham’s novel, "The Pelican Brief” is a political drama/thriller about a law student (Julia Roberts) who researches the murders of two supreme court justices and shares her theory with her college professor (Sam Shepard) who, in turn, gives it to an FBI friend on a lark. The brief hits a nerve because people start dying one-by-one. Denzel Washington plays a DC reporter who teams-up with the student while Robert Culp appears as the president. While I prefer “The Firm” (1993), which was also written by Grisham, this one is along the same lines, albeit with a totally different story (naturally). “Pelican” has more action, but the plot/characters aren’t quite as interesting IMHO. Still, if you liked one, you’ll probably appreciate the other. THE MOVIE RUNS 2 hours, 21 minutes and was shot in New Orleans and Washington DC/Maryland. ADDITIONAL CAST: John Heard plays an FBI agent, Stanley Tucci a hitman and John Lithgow an editor. GRADE: B/B-