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Roe vs. Wade
1989 6.5 (9 votes) 1h 40m
Genres
TV Movie Drama
Production Companies
The Mannheim Company
NBC Productions
NBC

Roe vs. Wade

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.

Key Crew

Director: Gregory Hoblit

Writer: Alison Cross

Director of Photography: Newton Thomas Sigel

Producer: Gregory Hoblit

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

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