Class Action (1991)

6.3/10 • 105 min • Drama Crime History

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 Hackman

Jedediah Tucker Ward

Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio

Colin Friels

Michael Grazier

Joanna Merlin

Laurence Fishburne

Donald Moffat

Jan Rubeš

Matt Clark

Fred Thompson

Jonathan Silverman

Joan McMurtrey

Anne Ramsay

Tim Hopper

Robert David Hall

Wood Moy

Victor Talmadge

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