Roe vs. Wade
1989 | 100m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Gregory Hoblit |
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| Writer: | Alison Cross |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | May 15, 1989 |
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| Director: | Gregory Hoblit |
| Writer: | Alison Cross |
| Genres: | Drama, TV Movie |
| Keywords | texas, supreme court, based on true story, courtroom, abortion, legal system |
| Production Companies | NBC, NBC Productions, The Mannheim Company |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 28, 2026 Entered: Apr 28, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Holly Hunter | Ellen Russell / Jane Doe |
| Amy Madigan | Sarah Weddington |
| Chris Mulkey | Ron Weddington |
| Terry O'Quinn | Jay Floyd |
| Stephen Tobolowsky | Darryl Horwath |
| James Gammon | Jimmy Russell |
| Dion Anderson | Bob Flowers |
| Kathy Bates | Jessie |
| Micole Mercurio | Ida Russell |
| David Wohl | Terry Bowman |
| Jerry Hardin | |
| Daniel Benzali | |
| Ken Jenkins | |
| George Murdock | Supreme Court Judge |
| James Avery | |
| Paul Lambert | Supreme Court Judge |
| Kenneth Tigar | Supreme Court Judge |
| Glenn Morshower | Jerry |
| Annabella Price | Linda Coffey |
| Ward Costello | Supreme Court Judge |
| Wendy Cutler | |
| Katherine Cortez | |
| Jeff Allin | |
| David L. Crowley | |
| Morgen Drasnin | |
| Maggie Baird | |
| Kevin Cooney | |
| Jeff Perry | |
| Jim Antonio | |
| Susan Forristal | |
| Angela Paton | |
| David Selburg | |
| Teddi Siddall | |
| Dierk Torsek | |
| Randy Oglesby | |
| Randal Patrick | |
| Karole Selmon | |
| Alycia Grant | Sherry Roe |
| Marnie Andrews | |
| Sharon E. Smith | Judge Sarah Hughes |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Gregory Hoblit | Director |
| Leslie Shatz | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Kerry Lyn McKissick | Script Supervisor |
| Newton Thomas Sigel | Director of Photography |
| Junie Lowry-Johnson | Casting |
| Hilda Stark | Production Design |
| Joe Ann Fogle | Editor |
| Elodie Keene | Editor |
| Jon Gary Steele | Art Direction |
| Ronald R. Reiss | Set Decoration |
| Betsy Cox | Costume Design |
| David M. Ronne | Sound Mixer |
| Aaron Rochin | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Michael J. Kohut | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Carlos Delarios | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| James R. Tynes | Gaffer |
| Alison Cross | Writer |
| W.G. Snuffy Walden | Original Music Composer, Music |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Gregory Hoblit | Producer |
| Michael Manheim | Executive Producer |
| Alison Cross | Co-Producer |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 2024 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 1 |
| 2024 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 1 |
| 2024 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 2 |
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| 2024 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| 2024 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
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