Roe vs. Wade
11 votes
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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1989-05-15
Runtime: 100 mins
Director: Gregory Hoblit
Writer: Alison Cross
Spoken language: English
Genres: TV Movie, Drama
Original title: Roe vs. Wade
Production Companies: The Mannheim Company, NBC Productions, NBC
Production Countries: United States of America
Cast
Holly Hunter
Amy Madigan
Chris Mulkey
Terry O'Quinn
Stephen Tobolowsky
James Gammon
Dion Anderson
Kathy Bates
Micole Mercurio
David Wohl
Jerry Hardin
Daniel Benzali
Ken Jenkins
George Murdock
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