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MOVIE

The Pelican Brief

CAST & DIRECTOR BOX OFFICE DATA GLOBAL RELEASES TOP GROSSING NEWS

1994

141 minutes (2 hrs 21 mins)

Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

Alan J. Pakula

Starring

Julia Roberts · Denzel Washington · Sam Shepard · John Heard · Tony Goldwyn · James Sikking

Full cast & crew

Release dates

US release: 17th December 1993

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

Debut box office: 25th Feb '94
Debut position: 2
Highest position: 2
Debut gross: £1.7 Million
Total chart weeks: 12

US box office

Box Office debut: 24th Dec '93
Debut position: 1
Highest position: 1
Debut gross: $11.1 Million
Total chart weeks: 9

Chart position history

UK box office

25 Feb, 1994
2

4 Mar, 1994
6

11 Mar, 1994
9

18 Mar, 1994
11

25 Mar, 1994
11

1 Apr, 1994
12

8 Apr, 1994
13

US box office

24 Dec, 1993
1

31 Dec, 1993
2

7 Jan, 1994
2

14 Jan, 1994
5

21 Jan, 1994
6

28 Jan, 1994
8

4 Feb, 1994
11

25 Mar, 1994
15

Global box office

Certificates

US
PG-13

Total grosses

UK total gross
United Kingdom Flag

£3.4 Million

US total gross
United States Flag

$100.8 Million

Global total gross
Global Flag

$195.3 Million

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Director

Role

Alan J. Pakula

Directed By

Denzel
Washington

Tony
Goldwyn

John
Lithgow

Actor

Character

Julia Roberts

Darby Shaw

Denzel Washington

Gray Grantham

Sam Shepard

Thomas Callahan

John Heard

Gavin Vereek

Tony Goldwyn

Fletcher Coal

James Sikking

FBI Director Denton Voyles

William Atherton

Bob Gminski

Robert Culp

President

Stanley Tucci

Khamel

Hume Cronyn

Justice Rosenberg

John Lithgow

Smith Keen

Anthony Heald

Marty Velmano

Nicholas Woodeson

Stump

Stanley Anderson

Edwin Sneller

John Finn

Matthew Barr

Cynthia Nixon

Alice Stark

Jake Weber

Charles Morgan / Garcia

Casey Biggs

Eric East

Christopher Murray

Rupert

Sonny Jim Gaines

Sarge

Kevin Geer

K.O. Lewis

Joe Chrest

Song and Dance Man from Bar

Richard Bauer

Managing Editor

Michelle O'Neill

Sara Ann Morgan

Peter Carlin

Edward Linney

Ralph Cosham

Justice Jensen

Terrence Currier

Rosenberg's Nurse

Edwin Newman

Self

Helen Carey

Federal Clerk

Howard Shalwitz

Washington Herald Journalist

Kyle Prue

News Desk Reporter

Jewell Robinson

Senior Washington Herald Editor

Kim Peter Kovac

Senior Washington Herald Editor

Norman Aronovic

Senior Washington Herald Editor

Carl Palmer

Cop in Cowboy Boots

Carol Sutton

New Orleans Policewoman

Scott Michael Jefferson

Lt. Olsen

Danny Kamin

Hooten

Mark McLaughlin

CIA Agent in Hotel Room

Robert Pavlovich

CIA Agent in Hotel Room

Magee Hickey

Self

Constance Yelverton

Clerk at Sheraton Hotel

Kim Kettle

Gavin Verheek's Wife

Ellie K. Wang

Reporter at National Cathedral

Franchelle Stewart Dorn

University Registrar

Karen Bralove

University Placement Clerk

Teagle F. Bougere

Male University Student

Carey Varner

Female University Student

Sandra Quarterman

Laura Kass

Cynthia Hood

Parklane Receptionist

Alan Wade

Parklane Administrator

Harold Surratt

Parklane Security Officer

Paul Morella

White & Blazevich Attorney

Ed Johnson

White & Blazevich Security Guard

Jurian Hughes

White & Blazevich Receptionist

Dick Stilwell

White & Blazevich Security

Tom Quinn

Sara Ann Morgan's Father

Beverly Brigham

Safe Deposit Teller

Eliza Coleman

Female Pursuer with Gun

Doug Coleman

Male Pursuer with Gun

Michael Port

Tulane Law Student

Shanna Connell

Tulane Law Student

Gene Babb

Reporter

Kyle Duvall

Reporter

Karl Warren

Reporter

Carrie Boren

Reporter

James Earl Reed

Reporter

Keith Fluker

Agent

Joe James

Runner

Shane LeCocq

Mardi Gras Party Patron

Amber Nelson

Teen Bicyclist

Kelly Lynn Richards

Protester

Codie Scott

Man Partying in Quarter

William Shipman

Office Worker

John A. Taylor

Law School Administrator

Greta Valenti

Kid at Parade

Jerry Van Dyke

Assistant Coach Luther Horatio Van Dam in Coach