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Film / 1989
Roe vs. Wade
Directed by
Gregory Hoblit
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.
The story
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.
Cast
Holly HunterEllen Russell / Jane Doe
Amy MadiganSarah Weddington
Chris MulkeyRon Weddington
Terry O'QuinnJay Floyd
Stephen TobolowskyDarryl Horwath
James GammonJimmy Russell
Dion AndersonBob Flowers
Kathy BatesJessie
Micole MercurioIda Russell
David WohlTerry Bowman
Jerry Hardin
Daniel Benzali
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Ken Jenkins
George MurdockSupreme Court Judge
James Avery
Paul LambertSupreme Court Judge
Kenneth TigarSupreme Court Judge
Glenn MorshowerJerry
Annabella PriceLinda Coffey
Ward CostelloSupreme Court Judge
Wendy Cutler
Katherine Cortez
Jeff Allin
David L. Crowley
Morgen Drasnin
Maggie Baird
Kevin Cooney
Jeff Perry
Jim Antonio
Susan Forristal
Angela Paton
David Selburg
Teddi Siddall
Dierk Torsek
Randy Oglesby
Randal Patrick
Karole Selmon
Alycia GrantSherry Roe
Marnie Andrews
Sharon E. SmithJudge Sarah Hughes
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