Gray Grantham: How'd you find me?
Darby Shaw: I called the paper and asked for your address.
Gray Grantham: And he told you?
Darby Shaw: I told them I was your sister Mary in from out of town and couldn't find you.
Gray Grantham: [looks surprised] How'd you know I had a sister Mary?
Darby Shaw: You're not the only one that does research.

1993 års film Pelikanfallet, med Julia Roberts, Denzel Washington och Sam Shepard i rollerna, handlar om juridikstudenten Darby Shaw som räknar ut vilka som kan ligga bakom morden på två domare i Högsta domstolen. Hon blir plötsligt jagad av yrkesmördare och upptäcker att hon inte kan lita på någon, trots FBI:s löften om hjälp.