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.
| Directing | Alan J. Pakula | Director |
| Writing | Alan J. Pakula | Screenplay |
| Production | Alan J. Pakula | Producer |
| Production | Pieter Jan Brugge | Producer |
| Camera | Stephen Goldblatt | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Tom Rolf | Editor |
| Editing | Trudy Ship | Editor |
| Writing | John Grisham | Novel |
| Sound | James Horner | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Alixe Gordin | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Albert Wolsky | Costume Design |
| Art | Philip Rosenberg | Production Design |
| Art | Robert Guerra | Art Direction |
| Art | Lisa Fischer | Set Decoration |
| Art | Rick Simpson | Set Decoration |
| Sound | James Sabat | Production Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Louis Sabat | Boom Operator |
| Sound | Ron Bochar | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Ron Bochar | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Rick Dior | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Michael J. Cerone | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Richard Portman | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Directing | Dianne Dreyer | Script Supervisor |
| Production | Celia D. Costas | Unit Production Manager |
| Camera | Ken Regan | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Dick Mingalone | Camera Operator |
| Lighting | John Shoemaker | Rigging Gaffer |
| Camera | Ted Churchill | Steadicam Operator |
| Crew | Doug Coleman | Stunt Coordinator |
| Editing | Kelly Irvine | First Assistant Editor |
| Production | Donald Laventhall | Associate Producer |
| Directing | Trey Batchelor | Second Second Assistant Director |
| Crew | Eliza Coleman | Stunts |
| Sound | Marissa Littlefield | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Magdaline Volaitis | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Robert Hein | Dialogue Editor |
| Art | Thomas Saccio | Property Master |
| Production | Cheryl A. Stone | Production Accountant |
| Production | Shinique Smith | Production Assistant |
| Production | Allison Sherman | Production Office Coordinator |
| Crew | Jeanmarie Murphy-Burke | Unit Publicist |
| Production | Patricia Serafina Madiedo | Production Office Coordinator |
| Production | Michael R. Kern | Assistant Accountant |
| Crew | David M. Bernstein | Set Production Assistant |
| Production | Sallie Jones Arata | Production Secretary |
| Production | Edward Allen | Assistant Accountant |
| Production | Michael Wallace | Location Manager |
| Production | Charles Lum | Location Manager |
| Production | Foongy Lee | Location Manager |
| Production | Gary Huckabay | Location Manager |
| Editing | Elizabeth Sherry | Assistant Editor |
| Production | Kimberly Skyrme | Extras Casting |
| Production | Michele Ortlip | Casting Associate |
| Production | Rick Landry | Extras Casting |
| Production | Ramsay King | Local Casting |
| Production | Benita Hofstetter | Local Casting |
| Directing | John Rusk | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Michael Proscia Jr. | Additional Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Peter Kohn | First Assistant Director |
| Crew | Kerry Orent | Post Production Supervisor |
| Crew | Linda Perlin | Stunts |
| Crew | Mick O'Rourke | Stunts |
| Crew | Tabby Hanson | Stunts |
| Crew | Roy Farfel | Stunts |
| Crew | David Efron | Stunts |
| Crew | Richard L. Blackwell | Stunts |
| Crew | Eric Chambers | Stunts |
