Roe vs. Wade
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.
Cast
Holly HunterEllen Russell / Jane Doe
Amy MadiganSarah Weddington
Chris MulkeyRon Weddington
Terry O'QuinnJay Floyd
Stephen TobolowskyDarryl Horwath
James GammonJimmy Russell
Dion AndersonBob Flowers
Kathy BatesJessie
Micole MercurioIda Russell
David WohlTerry Bowman
Jerry Hardin
Daniel BenzaliCrew
DirectorGregory Hoblit
Details
Release DateMay 15, 1989
LanguagesEnglish
StudiosThe Mannheim Company, NBC Productions, NBC
