Roe vs. Wade (1989)
1h 40m
Running Time
May 15, 1989Release Date
Roe vs. Wade (1989)
1h 40m
Running Time
May 15, 1989Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
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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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Holly Hunter
Ellen Russell / Jane Roe
Chris Mulkey
Ron Weddington
Amy Madigan
Sarah Weddington
James Gammon
Jimmy Russell
Stephen Tobolowsky
Darryl Horwath
Terry O'Quinn
Jay Floyd
Gregory Hoblit
Director
Alison Cross
Writer
Dion Anderson
Bob Flowers
W.G. Snuffy Walden
Composer
Kathy Bates
Jessie
Newton Thomas Sigel
Cinematographer
Micole Mercurio
Ida Russell
Joe Ann Fogle
Editor
David Wohl
Terry Bowman
Elodie Keene
Editor
George Murdock
Supreme Court Judge
Paul Lambert
Supreme Court Judge
Kenneth Tigar
Supreme Court Judge
Glenn Morshower
Jerry
Junie Lowry-Johnson
Casting
Ronald R. Reiss
Set Decoration
Jon Gary Steele
Art Direction
Leslie Shatz
Supervising Sound Editor
Details.
Wiki.
Roe vs. Wade is a 1989 television film written by Alison Cross about the landmark 1973 United States Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade. It was directed by Gregory Hoblit and stars Holly Hunter and Amy Madigan.