My Cousin Vinny poster
Director Jonathan Lynn
Screenplay Dale Launer

My Cousin Vinny

Comedy1992

Tagline: There have been many courtroom dramas that have glorified the Great American Legal System. This is not one of them.

Release Date: 1992-03-13

Duration: 120 minutes

Synopsis

Two carefree pals traveling through Alabama 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!

Casting

  • Ralph Macchio
    William 'Billy' Gambini
  • Marisa Tomei
    Mona Lisa Vito
  • Joe Pesci
    Vincent 'Vinny' Gambini
  • Bruce McGill
    Sheriff Farley
  • Austin Pendleton
    John Gibbons
  • Fred Gwynne
    Judge Chamberlain Haller
  • Chris Ellis
    J.T.
  • Raynor Scheine
    Ernie Crane
  • Mitchell Whitfield
    Stan Rothenstein
  • James Rebhorn
    George Wilbur