The Pelican Brief
1993A 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.
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Julia Roberts
as Darby Shaw
Denzel Washington
as Gray Grantham
Sam Shepard
as Thomas Callahan
John Heard
as Gavin Vereek
Tony Goldwyn
as Fletcher Cole
James B. Sikking
as FBI Director Denton Voyles
William Atherton
as Bob Gminski
Robert Culp
as The President
Stanley Tucci
as Khamel
Hume Cronyn
as Justice Rosenberg
John Lithgow
as Smith Keen
Anthony Heald
as Marty Velmano
Nicholas Woodeson
as Stump
Stanley Anderson
as Edwin Sneller
John Finn
as Matthew Barr
Cynthia Nixon
as Alice Stark
Jake Weber
as Curtis Morgan / Garcia
Casey Biggs
as Eric East
Christopher Murray
as Rupert
Sonny Jim Gaines
as Sarge
Kevin Geer
as K.O. Lewis
Joe Chrest
as Song and Dance Man from Bar
Richard Bauer
as Managing Editor
Ralph Cosham
as Justice Jensen
Tom Quinn
as Sara Ann Morgan's Father
Michelle O'Neill
as Sara Ann Morgan
Edwin Newman
as Self
Helen Carey
as Federal Clerk
Howard Shalwitz
as Washington Herald Journalist
Carol Sutton
as New Orleans Policewoman
Magee Hickey
as Self
Ellie K. Wang
as Reporter at National Cathedral
Franchelle Stewart Dorn
as University Registrar
Karen Bralove
as University Placement Clerk
Teagle F. Bougere
as Male University Student
Carey Varner
as Female University Student
Sandra Quarterman
as Laura Kass
Cynthia Hood
as Parklane Receptionist
Beverly Brigham
as Safe Deposit Teller
Doug Coleman
as Male Pursuer with Gun
Eliza Coleman
as Female Pursuer with Gun
Carrie Boren
as Reporter
Amber Nelson
as Teen Bicyclist
Kelly Lynn Richards
as Protester
Greta Valenti
as Kid at Parade
Jerry Van Dyke
as Assistant Coach Luther Horatio Van Dam in Coach (archive footage)
Harold Surratt
as Parklane Security Officer
Shanna Connell
as Tulane Law Student
Michael Port
as Tulane Law Student
Gene Babb
as Reporter
Kyle Duvall
as Reporter
Karl Warren
as Reporter
James Earl Reed
as Reporter
Kyle Prue
as News Desk Reporter
Jurian Hughes
as White & Blazevich Receptionist
Peter Carlin
as Edward Linney
Terrence Currier
as Rosenberg's Nurse
Jewell Robinson
as Senior Washington Herald Editor
Kim Peter Kovac
as Senior Washington Herald Editor
Norman Aronovic
as Senior Washington Herald Editor
Carl Palmer
as Cop in Cowboy Boots
Scott M. Jefferson
as Lt. Olsen
Danny Kamin
as Hooten
Mark McLaughlin
as CIA Agent in Hotel Room
Robert Pavlovich
as CIA Agent in Hotel Room
Constance Yelverton
as Clerk at Sheraton Hotel
Kim Kettle
as Gavin Verheek's Wife
Alan Wade
as Parklane Administrator
Paul Morella
as White & Blazevich Attorney
Ed Johnson
as White & Blazevich Security Guard
Dick Stilwell
as White & Blazevich Security
Deborah Ben-Eliezer
as Marie Halliburton - Protester
Catherine Boyd
as Protester
Keith Fluker
as Agent
Marianne Hettinger
as Eyewitness
Joe James
as Runner (voice)
Shane LeCocq
as Mardi Gras Party Patron
Kimberley Roper
as French Quarter Prostitute
Codie Scott
as Man Partying in Quarter
William Shipman
as Office Worker
Avo Shirazee
as Teen Bicyclist
John A. Taylor
as Law School Administrator
Jerry Van Dyke
as Assistant Coach Luther Horatio Van Dam (archive footage)
