Release Date
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Original Release
May 15, 1989
1h 40m
Roe vs. Wade (1989)
⭐ 6.0100 min
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.
Director
Gregory Hoblit
Department: Directing
⭐Popularity: 1.6
Cast
Holly Hunter
Ellen Russell / Jane Doe
⭐3.3
Amy Madigan
Sarah Weddington
⭐3.5
Chris Mulkey
Ron Weddington
⭐2.0
Terry O'Quinn
Jay Floyd
⭐3.0
Stephen Tobolowsky
Darryl Horwath
⭐2.4
James Gammon
Jimmy Russell
⭐2.1
Dion Anderson
Bob Flowers
⭐1.0
Kathy Bates
Jessie
⭐4.9
Micole Mercurio
Ida Russell
⭐1.2
David Wohl
Terry Bowman
⭐1.2
Genres
TV MovieDrama
Production Companies
The Mannheim Company
NBC Productions
NBC
