Truth, Justice And The Gambini Way.
My Cousin Vinny (1992)
Comedy
| Crime
DVD, 120 minutes
Country:
USA
Director:
Jonathan Lynn
Writer:
Dale Launer
Producer:
Dale Launer
| Paul Schiff
Music:
Randy Edelman
Plot outline
Two New Yorkers are accused of murder in rural Alabama while on their way back to college, and one of their cousins--an inexperienced, loudmouth lawyer not accustomed to Southern rules and manners--comes in to defend them.
Cast
- Joe Pesci
- Ralph Macchio
- Marisa Tomei
- Mitchell Whitfield
- Fred Gwynne
- Lane Smith
- Austin Pendleton
- Bruce McGill
- Maury Chaykin
- Paulene Myers
- Raynor Scheine
- James Rebhorn
- Chris Ellis
- Michael Simpson
- Lou Walker
- Kenny Jones
- Thomas Merdis
- J. Don Ferguson
- Michael Genevie
- Jeff Lewis
- Ron Leggett
- Aubrey J. Osteen
- Larry Shuler
- Suzi Bass
- Michael Burgess
- Bill Coates
- Jill Jane Clements
- Muriel Moore
- Bob Penny
- Timothy Aaron Styles
Plots
- Bill Gambini and Stanley Rothenstein are 2 friends from New York University that just received scholarships to UCLA. They decide to drive through the south. Once they arrive in Alabama, they stopped at a local convenience store to pick up a few snacks. But, no sooner that they left the store, they were arrested. They had thought that they were arrested for shoplifting, but they were arrested for murder and robbery. Plus, they are facing execution for this crime. Bill and Stan do not have enough money for a lawyer, good news, that Bill has a lawyer in his family, his cousin, Vincent Laguardia Gambini. Bad news, is that Vinny is an inexperienced lawyer who has not been in a trial. So, Vinny has to defend his clients and battle an uncompromising judge, some tough locals, and even his fiancée, Mona Lisa Vito who just does not know when to shut up, to prove his clients' innocence. But he will soon realize that he is going to need help. Written by John Wiggins
- Two teenage boys from New York are travelling down south when a series of coincidences lands them in jail charged with first degree murder. They can't afford the $50K for an attorney so they call the lawyer cousin of one of the boys. Vinny is a stereotypical New Yorker who is initially a complete disaster, but can he get them off the hook ? Written by Rob Hartill
- While heading for college, Bill and Stan are arrested in Alabama when circumstances point to them as having murdered a convenience store clerk. Unable to afford an attorney, they turn to Bill's cousin Vinny, a brash New Yorker who took six tries to pass his bar exam. Worse, until now he's only taken personal injury cases, none of which have gone to trial. Dragging along his even more abrasive fiancee Mona Lisa Vito, Vinny will have to straighten up fast, and keep out of jail himself, if he's going to win the case. Written by rmlohner