Roe vs. Wade (1989)

Roe vs. Wade (1989)

1989-05-15 United States of America 100 Min. PG-13
6.8 8 votes

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.

Cast

Holly Hunter is Ellen Russell / Jane Doe
Ellen Russell / Jane Doe
Amy Madigan is Sarah Weddington
Sarah Weddington
Chris Mulkey is Ron Weddington
Ron Weddington
Terry O'Quinn is Jay Floyd
Jay Floyd
Stephen Tobolowsky is Darryl Horwath
Darryl Horwath
James Gammon is Jimmy Russell
Jimmy Russell
Dion Anderson is Bob Flowers
Bob Flowers
Kathy Bates is Jessie
Micole Mercurio is Ida Russell
Ida Russell
David Wohl is Terry Bowman
Terry Bowman