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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Cast

Joe Pesci

Vincent 'Vinny' Gambini

Marisa Tomei

Mona Lisa Vito

Ralph Macchio

William 'Bill' Gambini

Mitchell Whitfield

Stan Rothenstein

Fred Gwynne

Judge Chamberlain Haller

Lane Smith

Jim Trotter III

Austin Pendleton

John Gibbons

Bruce McGill

Sheriff Farley

Maury Chaykin

Sam Tipton

Paulene Myers

Constance Riley

Raynor Scheine

Ernie Crane

James Rebhorn

George Wilbur