Class Action

Class Action

105 mins | Drama, Crime | March 15, 1991

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.

Class Action

105 mins | Drama, Crime | March 15, 1991

Class Action
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.
IMDb rating 6.4
Producers 20th Century Fox, Interscope Communications
Original title Class Action
Directors Michael Apted
Writers Samantha Shad, Carolyn Shelby, Christopher Ames

Cast

Gene Hackman

as Jedediah Tucker Ward

Colin Friels

as Michael Grazier

Joanna Merlin

as Estelle Ward

Laurence Fishburne

as Nick Holbrook

Donald Moffat

as Quinn

Jan Rubeš

as Pavel

Matt Clark

as Judge Symes

Fred Dalton Thompson

as Dr. Getchell

Anne Ramsay

as Deborah

David Byron

as Carl

Tim Hopper

as Howie

Robert David Hall

as Steven Kellen

Ren Reynolds

as Bartender at Bix

Wood Moy

as Mr. Minh

Victor Talmadge

as Bernstein

Ken Grantham

as Anthony Patricola

Hajna O. Moss

as Laura Holbrook

Abigail van Alyn

as Judge Ormsby

Greg Goossen

as Bartender at Rosatti's

Gretchen Grant

as Party Goer

Richard Zitrin

as Prosecutor

Elizabeth Monti

as Clerk

John Dearman

as Judge

Carolyn Reynolds Najera

as Receptionist

Carolyn Shelby

as Woman Lawyer

James Van Harper

as Janitor

Dan Hicks

as Band at Rosatti's

Naomi Eisenberg

as Group Band Singer

Maryann Price

as Group Band Singer

Smadar Hanson

as Jury Foreman (uncredited)

Michael D. Jones

as Jury Member (uncredited)

Andrew Lenz

as Waiter (uncredited)

Neil O'Neill

as Night Club Attendee (uncredited)

Christabel Savalas

as Office Worker (uncredited)