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The Pelican Brief(1993)
Status: Released
Date: 1993-09-17
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1651 Votes
Time: 2h 21m
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.
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
Budget: $45,000,000.00
Revenue: $195,268,056.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: The Pelican Brief
Top 10 Billed 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
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