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Class Action

  • 1991
  • TMDB 6.3/10
  • 1h 45m

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.

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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.

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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