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.
1993
THE PELICAN BRIEF
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.
Director: Alan J. Pakula
Runtime: 141 minutes
Budget: $45 million
Box Office: $195.27 million
Vote Average: 66
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)
Joe James
Runner (voice,uncredited)
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