My Cousin Vinny

1992 · 119 min · ★ 7.5 / 10 · 1989 votes

Comedy · Drama

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!

Cast

Ralph Macchio · Joe Pesci · Marisa Tomei · Mitchell Whitfield · Fred Gwynne · Lane Smith · Austin Pendleton · Bruce McGill · Maury Chaykin · Paulene Myers

Director

Jonathan Lynn