My Cousin Vinny

1992 7.5 (1663 votes) 2h 0m

Genres

Comedy Drama

Production Companies

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

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

Overview

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!