The Pelican Brief
1993 · Movie · 141 min. · United States
Two Supreme Court Justices have been murdered and a lone law student turns her suspicions about the deaths into a specualtive brief that sends shock waves into the highest levels of government. She and a determined investigative reporter want to tell the world what they have uncovered--if they live to tell it. The race is on and these two are more than runners. They're moving targets.
Direction Alan J. Pakula
Cast Julia Roberts · Denzel Washington · Sam Shepard · Tony Goldwyn · John Heard · James B. Sikking · John Lithgow · Robert Culp · Hume Cronyn · William Atherton · Stanley Tucci · Jake Weber · Anthony Heald · Cynthia Nixon
Soundtrack James Horner
Screenplay Alan J. Pakula · John Grisham
Cinematography Stephen Goldblatt
Original title The Pelican Brief
6.3
41K votes (FilmAffinity)
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