The Uprising
2026 · History · Drama
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Film / 2018
On the Basis of Sex
Directed by
Mimi Leder
Young lawyer Ruth Bader Ginsburg teams with her husband Marty to bring a groundbreaking case before the U.S. Court of Appeals and overturn a century of sex discrimination.
The story
Young lawyer Ruth Bader Ginsburg teams with her husband Marty to bring a groundbreaking case before the U.S. Court of Appeals and overturn a century of sex discrimination.
Cast
Felicity JonesRuth Bader Ginsburg
Armie HammerMartin D. Ginsburg
Justin TherouxMel Wulf
Sam WaterstonErwin Griswold
Kathy BatesDorothy Kenyon
Cailee SpaenyJane C. Ginsburg
Callum ShonikerJames Steven Ginsburg
Jack ReynorJames H. Bozarth
Stephen RootProfessor Brown
Ronald GuttmanProfessor Gerald Gunther
Chris MulkeyCharles Moritz
Gary WerntzJudge William Edward Doyle
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Francis X. McCarthyJudge Fred Daugherty
Ben CarlsonJudge William Judson Halloway Jr.
Ruth Bader GinsburgSelf
Amanda MacDonaldStern Mother
Karl GraboshasEmergency Room Doctor
Angela GaluppoEmily Hicks
Joe CobdenJim
Dawn FordNurse 1
Michael DicksonSecond Professor
Holly Gauthier-FrankelMillicent
Jeff LillicoFitzpatrick
Arthur HoldenWyland Leadbetter
Gabrielle GrahamParker
Wendy CrewsonHarriet Griswold
John RalstonTom Miller
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