Roe vs. Wade(1989)
Overview
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.
- Director:
- Gregory Hoblit
- Writers:
- Alison Cross
- Producers:
- Gregory Hoblit
- Cinematographer:
- Newton Thomas Sigel
- Composer:
- W.G. Snuffy Walden
- Production:
- The Mannheim Company, NBC Productions, NBC
- Status:
- Released
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
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