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Roe vs. Wade

First aired on May 15, 1989

Runtime: 100 mins

60%

Genres: TV Movie, Drama

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.

Featured Cast: click image to view more
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
Featured Crew
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Gregory Hoblit | Director
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Alison Cross | Writer
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Carlos Delarios | Sound Re-Recording Mixer
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W.G. Snuffy Walden | Music
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Michael J. Kohut | Sound Re-Recording Mixer
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James R. Tynes | Gaffer