The Pelican Brief

Name: The Pelican Brief
Director: Alan J. Pakula
Genre: Thriller, Drama
Released: 1993

Alan J. Pakula • 141 min • 1993

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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.”

Julia Roberts, Denzel Washington, Sam Shepard, John Heard, Tony Goldwyn, James B. Sikking

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Synopsis

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.