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