Na de moord op 2 rechters van het Hooggerechtshof komt een jonge rechtenstudente met een theorie over de daders. Wanneer haar vriend vermoord wordt door een bom die voor haar bedoeld leek, lijkt het er op dat ze er niet ver naast zat met haar ideeën. Samen met een medewerker van een plaatselijke krant onderzoekt ze de zaak steeds verder.
Nee, helaas is The Pelican Brief nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Production | Alan J. Pakula | Producer |
| Writing | Alan J. Pakula | Screenplay |
| Production | Pieter Jan Brugge | Producer |
| Directing | Alan J. Pakula | Director |
| Camera | Stephen Goldblatt | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Tom Rolf | Editor |
| Editing | Trudy Ship | Editor |
| Writing | John Grisham | Novel |
| Sound | Ron Bochar | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Albert Wolsky | Costume Design |
| Sound | Louis Sabat | Boom Operator |
| Art | Rick Simpson | Set Decoration |
| Production | Alixe Gordin | Casting |
| Sound | James Sabat | Production Sound Mixer |
| Art | Robert Guerra | Art Direction |
| Art | Lisa Fischer | Set Decoration |
| Art | Philip Rosenberg | Production Design |
| Crew | Doug Coleman | Stunt Coordinator |
| Production | Celia D. Costas | Unit Production Manager |
| Camera | Dick Mingalone | Camera Operator |
| Sound | James Horner | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Ron Bochar | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Directing | Dianne Dreyer | Script Supervisor |
| Camera | Ted Churchill | Steadicam Operator |
| Sound | Michael J. Cerone | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Rick Dior | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Camera | Ken Regan | Still Photographer |
| Lighting | John Shoemaker | Rigging Gaffer |
| Sound | Richard Portman | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Production | Donald Laventhall | Associate Producer |
| Editing | Kelly Irvine | First Assistant Editor |
| Directing | Trey Batchelor | Second Second Assistant Director |
| Crew | Eliza Coleman | Stunts |
| Sound | Magdaline Volaitis | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Robert Hein | Dialogue Editor |
| Art | Thomas Saccio | Property Master |
| Sound | Marissa Littlefield | Dialogue Editor |
| Crew | David M. Bernstein | Set Production Assistant |
| Directing | John Rusk | Second Assistant Director |
| Production | Cheryl A. Stone | Production Accountant |
| Production | Charles Lum | Location Manager |
| Production | Michael Wallace | Location Manager |
| Production | Kimberly Skyrme | Extras Casting |
| Production | Shinique Smith | Production Assistant |
| Production | Patricia Serafina Madiedo | Production Office Coordinator |
| Production | Michael R. Kern | Assistant Accountant |
| Directing | Peter Kohn | First Assistant Director |
| Production | Allison Sherman | Production Office Coordinator |
| Directing | Michael Proscia Jr. | Additional Second Assistant Director |
| Production | Edward Allen | Assistant Accountant |
| Production | Rick Landry | Extras Casting |
| Crew | Jeanmarie Murphy-Burke | Unit Publicist |
| Production | Gary Huckabay | Location Manager |
| Editing | Elizabeth Sherry | Assistant Editor |
| Production | Ramsay King | Local Casting |
| Production | Foongy Lee | Location Manager |
| Production | Michele Ortlip | Casting Associate |
| Production | Benita Hofstetter | Local Casting |
| Production | Sallie Jones Arata | Production Secretary |
| Crew | Kerry Orent | Post Production Supervisor |
| Crew | Tabby Hanson | Stunts |
| Crew | Richard L. Blackwell | Stunts |
| Crew | David Efron | Stunts |
| Crew | Roy Farfel | Stunts |
| Crew | Eric Chambers | Stunts |
| Crew | Linda Perlin | Stunts |
| Crew | Mick O'Rourke | Stunts |
