My Cousin Vinny

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

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Counries: United States of America

Companies: Palo Vista Productions, Peter V. Miller Investment Corp., 20th Century Fox, Dale Launer Production

Runtime: 119 minutes

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!