The Pelican Brief
September 17, 1993
141 minutes
6.6
Thriller

The Pelican Brief

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.

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Cast
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))