the pelican brief

The Pelican Brief is legal/suspense thriller written by John Grisham in 1992. The hardcover edition (ISBN 0385421982) was published by Doubleday in that same year. Two paperback editions were published, both by Dell Publishing and both in 1993. The Pelican Brief was adapted into a feature film in 1993, directed by Alan J. Pakula and starring Julia Roberts and Denzel Washington.

List of characters

Darby Shaw (Julia Roberts) - Second year law student; author of the brief
Gray Grantham (Denzel Washington) - reporter for the Washington Post
Fletcher Coal (Tony Goldwyn) - White House Chief of Staff; unofficial head of power
Khamel "Sam" (Stanley Tucci) - international assassin
Thomas Callahan (Sam Shepard) - law school professor; romantically involved with Darby Shaw
Gavin Verheek (John Heard) - FBI lawyer; friend to Thomas Callahan
F. Denton Voyles (James Sikking) - Director of the FBI
Bob Gminski (William Atherton) - CIA Chief
The President (Robert Culp) - elected U.S. President; delegates many administrative duties to Fletcher Coal
Justice Rosenberg (Hume Cronyn) - eldest, most controversial Supreme Court Justice
Justice Jensen (Ralph Cosham) - youngest Supreme Court Justice

Pelican Brief, The Pelican Brief, The Pelican Brief, The

Word Browser