---
title: 'The Pelican Brief (1993)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Alan J. Pakula'
released: '1993-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 135
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-pelican-brief-1993'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107798/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Pelican Brief (1993)

1993 · 135 min · Drama, Crime · United States


## Synopsis

The Pelican Brief is a 1993 American legal thriller film based on John Grisham's 1992 novel. Written and directed by Alan J. Pakula, the film stars Julia Roberts in the role of young law student Darby Shaw and Denzel Washington as Washington Herald reporter Gray Grantham. The film, which features music composed by James Horner, was the last film that featured Pakula as both writer and director before his death in 1998.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Alan J. Pakula](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-j-pakula)
- **Screenplay:** [Alan J. Pakula](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-j-pakula), [John Grisham](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-grisham)
- **Producer:** [Alan J. Pakula](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-j-pakula)
- **Original Music Composer:** [James Horner](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-horner)
- **Director of Photography:** [Stephen Goldblatt](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephen-goldblatt)
- **Editor:** [Tom Rolf](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-rolf)

## Cast

- [Sam Shepard](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-shepard)
- [Tony Goldwyn](https://cinepixo.com/people/tony-goldwyn)
- [John Finn](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-finn)
- [Casey Biggs](https://cinepixo.com/people/casey-biggs)
- [Anthony Heald](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-heald)
- [Stanley Tucci](https://cinepixo.com/people/stanley-tucci)
- [William Atherton](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-atherton)
- [John Lithgow](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-lithgow)
- [John Heard](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-heard)
- [James Sikking](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-sikking)
- [Hume Cronyn](https://cinepixo.com/people/hume-cronyn)
- [Robert Culp](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-culp) as President of the United States
- [Cynthia Nixon](https://cinepixo.com/people/cynthia-nixon)
- [Nicholas Woodeson](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicholas-woodeson)
- [Julia Roberts](https://cinepixo.com/people/julia-roberts)

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