Two Supreme Court Justices have been murdered and a lone law student (Julia Roberts) turns her suspicions about the deaths into a speculative brief that sends shock waves into the highest levels of government. She and a determined investigative reporter (Denzel Washington) want to tell the world what they have uncovered – if they live to tell it. The race in on and these two are more than runners, they’re moving targets.
Directed by
Alan J. Pakula
Written by
John Grisham (book; Alan J. Pakula (screenplay).
Starring
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 (as James B. Sikking)); 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). Please contact SFC to add other cast members and characters.
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