The Pelican Brief
movie

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.
Released September 17, 1993
Overview
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

Julia Roberts
as
Darby Shaw

Denzel Washington
as
Gray Grantham

Sam Shepard
as
Thomas Callahan

John Heard
as
Gavin Vereek

Tony Goldwyn
as
Fletcher Coal

James B. Sikking
as
Denton Voyles

William Atherton
as
Bob Gminski

Robert Culp
as
The President

Stanley Tucci
as
Khamel

Hume Cronyn
as
Justice Rosenberg

John Lithgow
as
Smith Keen

Anthony Heald
as
Marty Velmano
Crew

Alan J. Pakula
as
Director

Alan J. Pakula
as
Screenplay

Alan J. Pakula
as
Producer

Pieter Jan Brugge
as
Producer

Stephen Goldblatt
as
Director of Photography
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Tom Rolf
as
Editor
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Trudy Ship
as
Editor

John Grisham
as
Novel

James Horner
as
Original Music Composer
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Alixe Gordin
as
Casting

Albert Wolsky
as
Costume Design
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Philip Rosenberg
as
Production Design