Class Action

Mar 15, 1991

1h 45m

★ 6.3

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

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.

Genres

Drama

Crime

History

Production Companies

Interscope Communications

20th Century Fox

Class Action Trailers

Cast

Jedediah Tucker Ward

Gene Hackman

Maggie Ward

Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio

Michael Grazier

Colin Friels

Estelle Ward

Joanna Merlin

Nick Holbrook

Laurence Fishburne

Quinn

Donald Moffat

Pavel

Jan Rubeš

Judge Symes

Matt Clark

Dr. Getchell

Fred Thompson

Brian

Jonathan Silverman

Ann

Joan McMurtrey

Deborah

Anne Ramsay

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