The Pelican Brief

2h 21m
6.5

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

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

Crew

Alan J. Pakula
Director, Screenplay, Producer
John Grisham
Novel
Tom Rolf
Editor
Trudy Ship
Editor
Elizabeth Sherry
Assistant Editor
Stephen Goldblatt
Director of Photography
Peter Kohn
First Assistant Director
John Rusk
Second Assistant Director
Trey Batchelor
Second Second Assistant Director
Michael Proscia Jr.
Additional Second Assistant Director
Pieter Jan Brugge
Producer
Donald Laventhall
Associate Producer
Shinique Smith
Production Assistant
Philip Rosenberg
Production Design
Dick Mingalone
Camera Operator
Ted Churchill
Steadicam Operator
Kerry Orent
Post Production Supervisor
Michele Ortlip
Casting Associate
Alixe Gordin
Casting
Ramsay King
Local Casting
Benita Hofstetter
Local Casting
Kimberly Skyrme
Extras Casting
Rick Landry
Extras Casting
Albert Wolsky
Costume Design
Ron Bochar
Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Michael J. Cerone
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Rick Dior
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Richard Portman
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
James Sabat
Production Sound Mixer
Louis Sabat
Boom Operator
James Horner
Original Music Composer
Cheryl A. Stone
Production Accountant
Michael R. Kern
Assistant Accountant
Edward Allen
Assistant Accountant
Magdaline Volaitis
Dialogue Editor
Robert Hein
Dialogue Editor
Marissa Littlefield
Dialogue Editor
John Shoemaker
Rigging Gaffer
Rick Simpson
Set Decoration
Lisa Fischer
Set Decoration
Ken Regan
Still Photographer
Dianne Dreyer
Script Supervisor
David M. Bernstein
Set Production Assistant
Charles Lum
Location Manager
Michael Wallace
Location Manager
Gary Huckabay
Location Manager
Foongy Lee
Location Manager
Patricia Serafina Madiedo
Production Office Coordinator
Allison Sherman
Production Office Coordinator
Eliza Coleman
Stunts
Tabby Hanson
Stunts
Richard L. Blackwell
Stunts
David Efron
Stunts
Roy Farfel
Stunts
Eric Chambers
Stunts
Linda Perlin
Stunts
Mick O'Rourke
Stunts
Doug Coleman
Stunt Coordinator
Thomas Saccio
Property Master
Jerome Chen
Lead Animator
Celia D. Costas
Unit Production Manager
Jeanmarie Murphy-Burke
Unit Publicist
Robert Guerra
Art Direction
Kelly Irvine
First Assistant Editor
Sallie Jones Arata
Production Secretary