Roe vs. Wade
6.35 / 10
English / 100 min. / 1989-05-15
Storyline:
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 Hunter
as Ellen Russell / Jane Doe
Amy Madigan
as Sarah Weddington
Chris Mulkey
as Ron Weddington
Terry O'Quinn
as Jay Floyd
Stephen Tobolowsky
as Darryl Horwath
James Gammon
as Jimmy Russell
Dion Anderson
as Bob Flowers
Kathy Bates
as Jessie
Micole Mercurio
as Ida Russell
David Wohl
as Terry Bowman
Jerry Hardin
as
Daniel Benzali
as
Ken Jenkins
as
George Murdock
as Supreme Court Judge
James Avery
as
Paul Lambert
as Supreme Court Judge
Kenneth Tigar
as Supreme Court Judge
Glenn Morshower
as Jerry
Annabella Price
as Linda Coffey
Ward Costello
as Supreme Court Judge
Wendy Cutler
as
Katherine Cortez
as
Jeff Allin
as
David L. Crowley
as
Morgen Drasnin
as
Maggie Baird
as
Kevin Cooney
as
Jeff Perry
as
Jim Antonio
as
Susan Forristal
as
Angela Paton
as
David Selburg
as
Teddi Siddall
as
Dierk Torsek
as
Randy Oglesby
as
Randal Patrick
as
Karole Selmon
as
Alycia Grant
as Sherry Roe
Marnie Andrews
as
Sharon E. Smith
as Judge Sarah Hughes