The Pelican Brief (1993)

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Written by John Grisham, Alan J. Pakula

Directed by Alan J. Pakula

Running Time: 155 minutes (approx)

Production Year: 1993

Rating: 12 Certificate

Filmed in Colour

After two Supreme Court judges are murdered, law student Darby Shaw (Julia Roberts) writes a thesis which implicates the President. By means of her tutor and lover (Sam Shepard), this seemingly outrageous theory reaches the FBI and CIA who pull out all the stops in a bid to thwart her meddling. When Darby's lover is also killed, Washington Post reporter Gray Grantham (Denzel Washington) joins forces with her to get to the truth.

Fans of novelist John Grisham's work will recognise this adaptation of his best-selling novel. His golden touch was so admired in Hollywood that the rights were optioned for the screenplay before he had even written the book. Grisham wrote the character of Darby Shaw with Julia Roberts in mind.

When is The Pelican Brief next on TV?

In the UK... it's next showing on ITV2 November 24th, 11:00pm. See more...

Cast

Image for Julia RobertsJulia RobertsDarby Shaw
Image for Denzel WashingtonDenzel WashingtonGray Grantham
Image for Sam ShepardSam ShepardProfessor Thomas Callahan
Image for John HeardJohn HeardFBI Agent Gavin Vereek
Tony GoldwynWhite House Chief of Staff
James SikkingFBI Director
William AthertonBob Gminski
Robert CulpPresident
Image for Stanley TucciStanley TucciKhamel
Hume CronynSupreme Court Justice Rosenberg
Image for John LithgowJohn LithgowSmith Keen
Anthony HealdMarty Velmano
Nicholas WoodesonStump
Stanley AndersonEdwin Sneller
John FinnMatthew Barr

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