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The Pelican Brief (1993)

Film · 1993 · 141 min · PG-13 · Thriller · Crime · Drama

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.

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.

Directed by Alan J. Pakula

Starring Julia Roberts, Denzel Washington, Sam Shepard, John Heard, Tony Goldwyn, James B. Sikking, William Atherton, Robert Culp

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In cinemas16 December 1993
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First release anywhere17 September 1993

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