Class Action

Class Action

6.3IMDb Score
Released:1991-03-15
Genre:Drama, Crime, History
Duration:105 min
Country:United States of America
Director:Michael Apted
Actors:Gene Hackman, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Colin Friels, Joanna Merlin, Laurence Fishburne
Production:Interscope Communications, 20th Century Fox

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.

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