The Pelican Brief (1993)
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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.
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Release Date:
1993-02-25
Run Time:
141 minutes
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