The Pelican Brief
Alan J. Pakula1993-09-17
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.
6.589
141 min
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.
Cast
| Name | Character | Team | |
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Julia Roberts | Darby Shaw | Calvin and Nobbs |
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Denzel Washington | Gray Grantham | Calvin and Nobbs |
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Sam Shepard | Thomas Callahan | Unowned |
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John Heard | Gavin Vereek | Unowned |
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Tony Goldwyn | Fletcher Coal | Unowned |
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James B. Sikking | Denton Voyles | Unowned |
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William Atherton | Bob Gminski | Unowned |
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Robert Culp | The President | Unowned |
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Stanley Tucci | Khamel | Zac E. Chan |
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Hume Cronyn | Justice Rosenberg | Unowned |
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John Lithgow | Smith Keen | Zac E. Chan |
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Anthony Heald | Marty Velmano | Unowned |
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Nicholas Woodeson | Stump | Unowned |
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Stanley Anderson | Edwin Sneller | Unowned |
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John Finn | Matthew Barr | Unowned |
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Cynthia Nixon | Alice Stark | Unowned |
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Jake Weber | Curtis Morgan | Unowned |
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Casey Biggs | Eric East | Unowned |
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Christopher Murray | Rupert | Unowned |
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Sonny Jim Gaines | Sarge | Unowned |
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Kevin Geer | K.O. Lewis | Unowned |
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Joe Chrest | Song and Dance Man from Bar | Unowned |
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Richard Bauer | Managing Editor | Unowned |
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Michelle O'Neill | Sara Ann Morgan | Unowned |
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Peter Carlin | Edward Linney | Unowned |
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Ralph Cosham | Justice Jensen | Unowned |
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Terrence Currier | Rosenberg's Nurse | Unowned |
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Edwin Newman | Edwin Newman | Unowned |
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Helen Carey | Federal Clerk | Unowned |
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Howard Shalwitz | Washington Herald Journalist | Unowned |
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Kyle Prue | News Desk Reporter | Unowned |
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Jewell Robinson | Senior Washington Herald Editor | Unowned |
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Kim Peter Kovac | Senior Washington Herald Editor | Unowned |
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Norman Aronovic | Senior Washington Herald Editor | Unowned |
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Carl Palmer | Cop in Cowboy Boots | Unowned |
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Carol Sutton | New Orleans Policewoman | Unowned |
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Scott M. Jefferson | Lieutenant Olsen | Unowned |
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Danny Kamin | Hooten | Unowned |
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Mark McLaughlin | CIA Agent in Hotel Room | Unowned |
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Robert Pavlovich | CIA Agent in Hotel Room | Unowned |
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Magee Hickey | Magee Hickey | Unowned |
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Constance Yelverton | Clerk at Sheraton Hotel | Unowned |
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Kim Kettle | Gavin Verheek's Wife | Unowned |
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Ellie K. Wang | Reporter at National Cathedral | Unowned |
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Franchelle Stewart Dorn | University Registrar | Unowned |
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Karen Bralove | University Placement Clerk | Unowned |
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Teagle F. Bougere | Male University Student | Unowned |
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Carey Varner | Female University Student | Unowned |
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Sandra Quarterman | Laura Kass | Unowned |
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Cynthia Hood | Parklane Receptionist | Unowned |
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Alan Wade | Parklane Administrator | Unowned |
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Harold Surratt | Parklane Security Officer | Unowned |
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Paul Morella | White & Blazevich Attorney | Unowned |
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Ed Johnson | White & Blazevich Security Guard | Unowned |
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Jurian Hughes | White & Blazevich Receptionist | Unowned |
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Dick Stilwell | White & Blazevich Security | Unowned |
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Tom Quinn | Sara Ann Morgan's Father | Unowned |
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Beverly Brigham | Safe Deposit Teller | Unowned |
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Eliza Coleman | Female Pursuer with Gun | Unowned |
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Doug Coleman | Male Pursuer with Gun | Unowned |
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Michael Port | Tulane Law Student | Unowned |
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Shanna Connell | Tulane Law Student | Unowned |
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Gene Babb | Reporter | Unowned |
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Kyle Duvall | Reporter | Unowned |
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Karl Warren | Reporter | Unowned |
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Carrie Boren | Reporter | Unowned |
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James Earl Reed | Reporter | Unowned |
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Marianne Hettinger | Eyewitness (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Shane LeCocq | Mardi Gras Party Patron (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Kimberley Roper | French Quarter Prostitute (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Codie Scott | Man Partying in Quarter (uncredited) | Unowned |
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William Shipman | Office Worker (uncredited) | Unowned |