The Pelican Brief (1993) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Alan J. Pakula.

Cast

• Julia Roberts as Darby Shaw
• Denzel Washington as Gray Grantham
• Sam Shepard as Thomas Callahan
• John Heard as Gavin Vereek
• Tony Goldwyn as Fletcher Coal
• James B. Sikking as Denton Voyles
• William Atherton as Bob Gminski
• Robert Culp as The President
• Stanley Tucci as Khamel
• Hume Cronyn as Justice Rosenberg
• John Lithgow as Smith Keen
• Anthony Heald as Marty Velmano
• Nicholas Woodeson as Stump
• Stanley Anderson as Edwin Sneller
• John Finn as Matthew Barr
• Cynthia Nixon as Alice Stark
• Jake Weber as Curtis Morgan
• Casey Biggs as Eric East
• Christopher Murray as Rupert
• Sonny Jim Gaines as Sarge
• Kevin Geer as K.O. Lewis
• Joe Chrest as Song and Dance Man from Bar
• Richard Bauer as Managing Editor
• Michelle O'Neill as Sara Ann Morgan
• Peter Carlin as Edward Linney
• Ralph Cosham as Justice Jensen
• Terrence Currier as Rosenberg's Nurse
• Edwin Newman as Edwin Newman
• Helen Carey as Federal Clerk
• Howard Shalwitz as Washington Herald Journalist
• Kyle Prue as News Desk Reporter
• Jewell Robinson as Senior Washington Herald Editor
• Kim Peter Kovac as Senior Washington Herald Editor
• Norman Aronovic as Senior Washington Herald Editor
• Carl Palmer as Cop in Cowboy Boots
• Carol Sutton as New Orleans Policewoman
• Scott M. Jefferson as Lieutenant Olsen
• Danny Kamin as Hooten
• Mark McLaughlin as CIA Agent in Hotel Room
• Robert Pavlovich as CIA Agent in Hotel Room

Crew

• Pieter Jan Brugge — Producer
• John Grisham — Novel
• Stephen Goldblatt — Director of Photography
• Alan J. Pakula — Screenplay
• Alan J. Pakula — Producer
• Alan J. Pakula — Director
• James Horner — Original Music Composer

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