The Pelican Brief

Drama

1993

2h 21m

PG13

24-year-old Tulane University law student Darby Shaw finds herself embroiled in a terrifying web of intrigue extending to the highest levels of government after she writes a speculative legal brief exposing the illegal activities of a powerful oil magnate. When those close to her are killed by assassins, the young woman embarks on a desperate flight with a Washington, D.C. investigative reporter, her only confidant and ally.

Starring	Julia Roberts, Denzel Washington, Sam Shepard, John Heard, Tony Goldwyn, James B. Sikking, William Atherton, Robert Culp, Stanley Tucci, Hume Cronyn, John Lithgow, Anthony Heald, Nicholas Woodeson, Stanley Anderson, John Finn, Richard Bauer, Joseph Chrest, Terrence Currier, Kevin Geer, Cynthia Nixon, Jake Weber, Casey Biggs, Christopher Murray, Carol Sutton, Tom Quinn, James Sikking
Genres	Drama , Suspense
Studios	Warner Bros.
Popular UPC	883929039265