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Class Action(1991)
Status: Released
Date: 1991-03-15
63%
174 Votes
Time: 1h 45m
A father and a daughter, divided by a case, endangered by the truth.
Overview:
A liberal activist lawyer alienated his daughter Maggie years ago when she discovered his many affairs. Now a conservative corporate lawyer, Maggie agrees to go up against her father in court. To gain promotion, she must defend an auto manufacturer against charges that their explosion-prone station wagons are unsafe. As her mother begs for peace, Maggie takes on her dad in a trial that turns increasingly personal and nasty.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: Class Action
Top 10 Billed Cast
Gene Hackman
Jedediah Tucker Ward
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
Maggie Ward
Colin Friels
Michael Grazier
Joanna Merlin
Estelle Ward
Laurence Fishburne
Nick Holbrook
Donald Moffat
Quinn
Jan Rubeš
Pavel
Matt Clark
Judge Symes
Fred Thompson
Dr. Getchell
Jonathan Silverman
Brian
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