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.

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.

Cast (74)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

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

S

Sonny Jim Gaines

Sarge

K

Kevin Geer

K.O. Lewis

Joe Chrest

Song and Dance Man from Bar

R

Richard Bauer

Managing Editor

M

Michelle O'Neill

Sara Ann Morgan

P

Peter Carlin

Edward Linney

Ralph Cosham

Justice Jensen

T

Terrence Currier

Rosenberg's Nurse

Edwin Newman

Edwin Newman

Helen Carey

Federal Clerk

H

Howard Shalwitz

Washington Herald Journalist

K

Kyle Prue

News Desk Reporter

J

Jewell Robinson

Senior Washington Herald Editor

K

Kim Peter Kovac

Senior Washington Herald Editor

N

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

M

Mark McLaughlin

CIA Agent in Hotel Room

Robert Pavlovich

CIA Agent in Hotel Room

M

Magee Hickey

Magee Hickey

C

Constance Yelverton

Clerk at Sheraton Hotel

K

Kim Kettle

Gavin Verheek's Wife

E

Ellie K. Wang

Reporter at National Cathedral

F

Franchelle Stewart Dorn

University Registrar

K

Karen Bralove

University Placement Clerk

Teagle F. Bougere

Male University Student

C

Carey Varner

Female University Student

S

Sandra Quarterman

Laura Kass

C

Cynthia Hood

Parklane Receptionist

A

Alan Wade

Parklane Administrator

Harold Surratt

Parklane Security Officer

P

Paul Morella

White & Blazevich Attorney

E

Ed Johnson

White & Blazevich Security Guard

J

Jurian Hughes

White & Blazevich Receptionist

D

Dick Stilwell

White & Blazevich Security

T

Tom Quinn

Sara Ann Morgan's Father

B

Beverly Brigham

Safe Deposit Teller

Eliza Coleman

Female Pursuer with Gun

Doug Coleman

Male Pursuer with Gun

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