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Quick Info

Rating

7.5/10

Release1992

Runtime2h 0m

StatusReleased

Budget$11,000,000

Revenue$64,088,552

Production

Palo Vista Productions

Peter V. Miller Investment Corp.

20th Century Fox

Dale Launer Production

Movie

My Cousin Vinny

1992

2h 0m

7.5

Comedy

Drama

Synopsis

Two carefree pals from Brooklyn 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 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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