My Cousin Vinny(1992)
There have been many courtroom dramas that have glorified the Great American Legal System. This is not one of them.
Two carefree pals from Brooklyn traveling through rural Alabama on their way back to college are mistakenly arrested, and charged with murder. Fortunately, one of them has a cousin who's a lawyer - Vincent Gambini, a former auto mechanic from Brooklyn who just passed his bar exam after his sixth try. When he arrives with his leather-clad girlfriend, to try his first case, it's a real shock - for him and the Deep South!
Movie: My Cousin Vinny
Top 10 Billed Cast
Vincent 'Vinny' Gambini
Mona Lisa Vito
William 'Bill' Gambini
Stan Rothenstein
Judge Chamberlain Haller
Jim Trotter III
John Gibbons
Sheriff Farley
Sam Tipton
Constance Riley
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