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Roe vs. Wade(1989)
Status: Released
Date: 1989-05-15
60%
12 Votes
Time: 1h 40m
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies: 
The Mannheim Company
Movie: Roe vs. Wade
Top 10 Billed Cast
Holly Hunter
Ellen Russell / Jane Doe
Amy Madigan
Sarah Weddington
Chris Mulkey
Ron Weddington
Terry O'Quinn
Jay Floyd
Stephen Tobolowsky
Darryl Horwath
James Gammon
Jimmy Russell
Dion Anderson
Bob Flowers
Kathy Bates
Jessie
Micole Mercurio
Ida Russell
David Wohl
Terry Bowman
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