Roe vs. Wade
Roe vs. Wade
Release: 1989-05-15
·Runtime: 100m
·★ 6.3
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
The Mannheim Company
NBC Productions
NBC
Cast
David Selburg
James Gammon
as Jimmy Russell
Kenneth Tigar
as Supreme Court Judge
David L. Crowley
Karole Selmon
Alycia Grant
as Sherry Roe
Kathy Bates
as Jessie
Marnie Andrews
Holly Hunter
as Ellen Russell / Jane Doe
George Murdock
as Supreme Court Judge
Ward Costello
as Supreme Court Judge
Jeff Perry
Wendy Cutler
Jeff Allin
Dion Anderson
as Bob Flowers
James Avery
Annabella Price
as Linda Coffey
Angela Paton
Amy Madigan
as Sarah Weddington
Terry O'Quinn
as Jay Floyd
Paul Lambert
as Supreme Court Judge
Ken Jenkins
David Wohl
as Terry Bowman
Jerry Hardin
Kevin Cooney
Jim Antonio
Randy Oglesby
Maggie Baird
Chris Mulkey
as Ron Weddington
Stephen Tobolowsky
as Darryl Horwath
Micole Mercurio
as Ida Russell
Daniel Benzali
Glenn Morshower
as Jerry
Susan Forristal
