May 15, 1989
100 minutes
TV MovieDrama
Roe vs. Wade
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.
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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)
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