"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."

1993

2h 21m

6.6(1693 votes)

Thriller

Crime

Drama

Overview

A law student's theory about the recent deaths of two Supreme Court justices embroils her in a far-reaching web of murder, corruption, and greed.

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74 members

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Julia Roberts

Darby Shaw

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Denzel Washington

Gray Grantham

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Sam Shepard

Thomas Callahan

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John Heard

Gavin Vereek

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Tony Goldwyn

Fletcher Coal

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James B. Sikking

Denton Voyles

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William Atherton

Bob Gminski

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Robert Culp

The President

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Stanley Tucci

Khamel

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Hume Cronyn

Justice Rosenberg

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John Lithgow

Smith Keen

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Anthony Heald

Marty Velmano

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Nicholas Woodeson

Stump

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Stanley Anderson

Edwin Sneller

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John Finn

Matthew Barr

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Cynthia Nixon

Alice Stark

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Jake Weber

Curtis Morgan

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Casey Biggs

Eric East

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Christopher Murray

Rupert

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Sonny Jim Gaines

Sarge

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Kevin Geer

K.O. Lewis

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Joe Chrest

Song and Dance Man from Bar

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Richard Bauer

Managing Editor

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Michelle O'Neill

Sara Ann Morgan

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Peter Carlin

Edward Linney

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Ralph Cosham

Justice Jensen

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Terrence Currier

Rosenberg's Nurse

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Edwin Newman

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Helen Carey

Federal Clerk

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Howard Shalwitz

Washington Herald Journalist

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Kyle Prue

News Desk Reporter

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Jewell Robinson

Senior Washington Herald Editor

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Kim Peter Kovac

Senior Washington Herald Editor

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Norman Aronovic

Senior Washington Herald Editor

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Carl Palmer

Cop in Cowboy Boots

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Carol Sutton

New Orleans Policewoman

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Scott M. Jefferson

Lieutenant Olsen

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Danny Kamin

Hooten

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Mark McLaughlin

CIA Agent in Hotel Room

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Robert Pavlovich

CIA Agent in Hotel Room

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Magee Hickey

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Constance Yelverton

Clerk at Sheraton Hotel

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Kim Kettle

Gavin Verheek's Wife

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Ellie K. Wang

Reporter at National Cathedral

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Franchelle Stewart Dorn

University Registrar

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Karen Bralove

University Placement Clerk

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Teagle F. Bougere

Male University Student

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Carey Varner

Female University Student

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Sandra Quarterman

Laura Kass

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Cynthia Hood

Parklane Receptionist

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Alan Wade

Parklane Administrator

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Harold Surratt

Parklane Security Officer

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Paul Morella

White & Blazevich Attorney

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Ed Johnson

White & Blazevich Security Guard

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Jurian Hughes

White & Blazevich Receptionist

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Dick Stilwell

White & Blazevich Security

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Tom Quinn

Sara Ann Morgan's Father

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Beverly Brigham

Safe Deposit Teller

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Crew

Eliza Coleman

Female Pursuer with Gun

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Doug Coleman

Male Pursuer with Gun

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Michael Port

Tulane Law Student

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Shanna Connell

Tulane Law Student

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Gene Babb

Reporter

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Kyle Duvall

Reporter

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Karl Warren

Reporter

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Carrie Boren

Reporter

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James Earl Reed

Reporter

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Marianne Hettinger

Eyewitness (uncredited)

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Shane LeCocq

Mardi Gras Party Patron (uncredited)

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Kimberley Roper

French Quarter Prostitute (uncredited)

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Codie Scott

Man Partying in Quarter (uncredited)

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William Shipman

Office Worker (uncredited)

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Joe James

Runner (voice,uncredited)

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Saundra Quarterman

Laura Kass

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