My Cousin Vinny (1992)
Release: March 13, 1992 | Runtime: 2h 0m | Rating: 7.5
Two carefree pals from Brooklyn traveling through rural Alabama on their way back to college are mistakenly arrested, and charged with murder. Fortunately, one of them has a cousin who's a lawyer - Vincent Gambini, a former auto mechanic from Brooklyn who just passed his bar exam after his sixth try. When he arrives with his leather-clad girlfriend, to try his first case, it's a real shock - for him and the Deep South!
There have been many courtroom dramas that have glorified the Great American Legal System. This is not one of them.
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Main cast
- Joe Pesci as Vincent 'Vinny' Gambini
- Marisa Tomei as Mona Lisa Vito
- Ralph Macchio as William 'Bill' Gambini
- Mitchell Whitfield as Stan Rothenstein
- Fred Gwynne as Judge Chamberlain Haller
- Lane Smith as Jim Trotter III
- Austin Pendleton as John Gibbons
- Bruce McGill as Sheriff Farley
- Maury Chaykin as Sam Tipton
- Paulene Myers as Constance Riley
- Raynor Scheine as Ernie Crane
- James Rebhorn as George Wilbur
- Chris Ellis as J.T.
- Michael Simpson as Neckbrace
- Lou Walker as Grits Cook
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What is My Cousin Vinny about?
Two carefree pals from Brooklyn traveling through rural Alabama on their way back to college are mistakenly arrested, and charged with murder. Fortunately, one of them has a cousin who's a lawyer - Vincent Gambini, a former auto mechanic from Brooklyn who just passed his bar exam after his sixth try. When he arrives with his leather-clad girlfriend, to try his first case, it's a real shock - for him and the Deep South!
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