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Roe vs. Wade

Roe vs. Wade

6.0 (12) ·1989 ·100 min ·Movie
TV Movie Drama

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

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