Class Action

IMDb 6.3 1991 • 105 min • DramaCrimeHistory

Director

Michael Apted

Country

US

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Gene Hackman
Gene Hackman Jedediah Tucker Ward
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio Maggie Ward
Colin Friels
Colin Friels Michael Grazier
Joanna Merlin
Joanna Merlin Estelle Ward
Laurence Fishburne
Laurence Fishburne Nick Holbrook