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!
Joe Pesci
as Vincent 'Vinny' Gambini
Marisa Tomei
as Mona Lisa Vito
Ralph Macchio
as William '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
