Roe vs. Wade
6.35
10 reviews
TV Movie/Drama
1h 40m
1989
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....
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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.
- DirectorGregory Hoblit
- Release15 May 1989
- Genre
- Duration1h 40m
- Budget?
- Revenue?
- Rate6.3510 reviews
- Productions
The Mannheim Company, NBC Productions, NBC
Cast
Holly Hunter
Ellen Russell / Jane Doe
Amy Madigan
Sarah Weddington
Chris Mulkey
Ron Weddington
Terry O'Quinn
Jay Floyd
Stephen Tobolowsky
Darryl Horwath
James Gammon
Jimmy Russell
Dion Anderson
Bob Flowers
Kathy Bates
Jessie
Micole Mercurio
Ida Russell
David Wohl
Terry Bowman
Jerry Hardin
Daniel Benzali
Ken Jenkins
George Murdock
Supreme Court Judge
James Avery
Paul Lambert
Supreme Court Judge
Kenneth Tigar
Supreme Court Judge
Glenn Morshower
Jerry
Annabella Price
Linda Coffey
Ward Costello
Supreme Court Judge
Wendy Cutler
Jeff Allin
David L. Crowley
Maggie Baird
Kevin Cooney
Jeff Perry
Jim Antonio
Susan Forristal
Angela Paton
David Selburg
Randy Oglesby
Karole Selmon
Alycia Grant
Sherry Roe
Marnie Andrews
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