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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.

The Pelican Brief

6.619932h 21mPG-13

ThrillerCrimeDrama

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.

Directed by Alan J. Pakula

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CAST

The people behind the story

Julia Roberts

Julia RobertsDarby Shaw

Denzel Washington

Denzel WashingtonGray Grantham

Sam Shepard

Sam ShepardThomas Callahan

John Heard

John HeardGavin Vereek

Tony Goldwyn

Tony GoldwynFletcher Coal

James B. Sikking

James B. SikkingDenton Voyles

William Atherton

William AthertonBob Gminski

Robert Culp

Robert CulpThe President