Roe vs. Wade
1989
100 minutes
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.
Top 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
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 Grant
Sherry Roe
Marnie Andrews
Sharon E. Smith
Judge Sarah Hughes