My Cousin Vinny
A bumbling Brooklyn lawyer and his eccentric fiancée must defend two innocent friends accused of murder in a small-town courtroom comedy of errors.
“There have been many courtroom dramas that have glorified the Great American Legal System. This is not one of them.”
Synopsis
Two friends traveling through rural Alabama on their way back to college are wrongly arrested and accused of murder. One of them has a cousin named Vincent Gambini, a former auto mechanic from Brooklyn who recently passed his bar exam on his sixth attempt. When Gambini, accompanied by his leather-clad girlfriend, arrives to defend them in his first case, he finds himself in a surprising and challenging situation—both for himself and the Deep South.
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Principal cast & crew: 38
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Edited by Tony LombardoShot by Peter DemingScored by Randy EdelmanDesigned by Victoria Paul
Box Office
1992 · Box office
💰 Box-office hit — grossed 5.8× its budget
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Worldwide gross
$64.1M
US & Canada: $52.9M — 83% of worldwide · International: $11.2M (17%)
Opening weekend: $7.4M — 14% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.
Opening week (7-day): $10.2M — 19% of its US & Canada run.
Peak 1,227 theaters
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Also known as
- Mein Vetter Winniede
- Mi primo Vinnyes
- Mon cousin Vinnyfr
- Mio cugino Vincenzoit
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Cast & Crew
38 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Joe Pesci
as Vinny Gambini
Marisa Tomei
as Mona Lisa Vito
Ralph Macchio
as Bill Gambini
Mitchell Whitfield
as Stan Rothenstein
Fred Gwynne
as Judge Chamberlain Haller
Lane Smith
as Jim Trotter III
Austin Pendleton
as John Gibbons
Bruce Mcgill
as Sheriff Farley
Maury Chaykin
as Sam Tipton
Paulene Myers
as Constance Riley
Raynor Scheine
as Ernie Crane
James Rebhorn
as George Wilbur
Supporting cast
17Chris Ellis
as J.T.
Michael Simpson
as Neckbrace
Lou Walker
as Grits Cook
Kenny Jones
as Jimmy Willis
Thomas Merdis
as Man in Town Square
J Don Ferguson
as Guard #1
Michael Genevie
as Guard #2
Jeff Lewis
as Deputy #1
Ron Leggett
as Deputy #2
Aubrey J Osteen
as Deputy #3
Larry Shuler
as Hotel Clerk
Suzi Bass
as Woman
Michael Burgess
as Prison Van Driver
Bill Coates
as Bailiff
Jill Jane Clements
as Courtroom Clerk
Muriel Moore
as Juror #1
Bob Penny
as Juror #2
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