Movie·1993·141 min

The Pelican Brief

Name: The Pelican Brief
Genre: Thriller, Crime, Drama
Released: 1993-09-17
Duration: 141 min
Rating: 6.6
Cast: Julia Roberts, Denzel Washington, Sam Shepard, John Heard, Tony Goldwyn

The Pelican Brief streams in the US free with ads on YouTube Free, as of October 6, 2026.

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.

6.6 / 10 · TMDB

Thriller Crime Drama

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.

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