Two happy friends traveling through Alabama are mistakenly arrested and charged with murder. Luckily, one of them has a cousin who’s a lawyer: Vincent Gambini, a former auto mechanic from Brooklyn who just passed the bar exam.
My Cousin Vinny - Release Date, Trailer, Songs, Cast
Movie: | My Cousin Vinny |
Genre: | Comedy, Crime |
Language: | English |
Director: | Jonathan Lynn |
Main Cast: | Joe Pesci · Vinny Gambini ; Marisa Tomei · Mona Lisa Vito ; Ralph Macchio · Bill Gambini ; Mitchell Whitfield · Stan Rothenstein ; Fred Gwynne · Judge Chamberlain |
Release Date: | 13 March 1992 |
Banner: | Palo Vista Productions |
Music: | Columbia Records |
Budget: | Not available |
Runtime: | 120 min |
My Cousin Vinny Movie Story
In the film, Joe Pesci plays a New Yorker who mistakes a black knit shirt under a black leather jacket, accentuated by a gold chain around his neck, for elegant court attire. If he were a defendant in the Bronx, he might be right, but the film is set in Alabama, and he’s a defense lawyer. His cousin (Ralph Macchio) and his friend (Mitchell Whitfield), two innocent college students, are accused of murdering a store owner. The evidence speaks for itself, but the worst thing that goes against it is Pesci’s apparent lack of legal experience.
My Cousin Vinny Trailer