

My Cousin Vinny
1992-03-13 · 119 min · ★ 7.5
Two carefree pals 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 has 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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Production details
- Directors
- Jonathan Lynn
- Production companies
- Palo Vista Productions, Peter V. Miller Investment Corp., 20th Century Fox, Dale Launer Production
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- USD 11,000,000
- Revenue
- USD 64,088,552
Top Cast
Ralph MacchioBill Gambini
Joe PesciVinny Gambini
Marisa TomeiMona Lisa Vito
Mitchell WhitfieldStan Rothenstein
Fred GwynneJudge Chamberlain Haller
Lane SmithJim Trotter III
Austin PendletonJohn Gibbons
Bruce McGillSheriff Farley
Maury ChaykinSam Tipton
Paulene MyersConstance Riley
Raynor ScheineErnie Crane
James RebhornGeorge Wilbur
Chris EllisJ.T.
Lou WalkerGrits Cook
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