The Pelican Brief(1993)
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.
Movie: The Pelican Brief
Top 10 Billed Cast
Darby Shaw
Gray Grantham
Thomas Callahan
Gavin Vereek
Fletcher Coal
Denton Voyles
Bob Gminski
The President
Khamel
Justice Rosenberg
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