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Roe vs. Wade
1989, May 15
1h 40m
Holly Hunter plays a lonely, single, poorly educated Texan who finds herself pregnant with no means to support a child. To avoid giving up the child, she seeks an abortion. Denied an abortion in Texas the young woman hires a novice lawyer to plead her case in the US supreme court. Eventually the law is changed, but for the character it takes longer than nine months.
Directed by
Gregory Hoblit
Written by
Alison Cross
Kathy Bates
Jessie
Holly Hunter
Ellen Russell / Jane Doe
Stephen Tobolowsky
Darryl Horwath
Terry O'Quinn
Jay Floyd
Chris Mulkey
Ron Weddington
Amy Madigan
Sarah Weddington
Glenn Morshower
Jerry
George Murdock
Supreme Court Judge
James Gammon
Jimmy Russell
Jerry Hardin
Daniel Benzali
Kenneth Tigar
Supreme Court Judge
Ken Jenkins
James Avery
Paul Lambert
Supreme Court Judge
David Wohl
Terry Bowman
Micole Mercurio
Ida Russell
Dion Anderson
Bob Flowers
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