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Rated 6.3 on TMDB

Class Action

A father and a daughter, divided by a case, endangered by the truth.

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.

Released: 1991
Runtime: 1h 45m
Rated: R
Genres: Drama, Crime, History
Country: United States of America
Language: English

Direction and writing

Michael AptedDirector

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Christopher AmesWriter

Carolyn ShelbyWriter

Samantha ShadWriter

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Cast

Gene HackmanJedediah Tucker Ward
Mary Elizabeth MastrantonioMaggie Ward
Colin FrielsMichael Grazier

Joanna MerlinEstelle Ward
Laurence FishburneNick Holbrook
Donald MoffatQuinn
Jan RubešPavel
Matt ClarkJudge Symes

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