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
Maggie Ward
Colin Friels
Michael Grazier
Joanna Merlin
Estelle Ward
Laurence Fishburne
Nick Holbrook
Donald Moffat
Quinn
Jan Rubeš
Pavel
Matt Clark
Judge Symes
Fred Thompson
Dr. Getchell
Jonathan Silverman
Brian
Joan McMurtrey
Ann
Anne Ramsay
Deborah
David Byron
Carl
Tim Hopper
Howie
Robert David Hall
Steven Kellen
Ren Reynolds
Bartender at Bix
Wood Moy
Mr. Minh
Victor Talmadge
Bernstein
Ken Grantham
Anthony Patricola
Hajna O. Moss
Laura Holbrook
Abigail van Alyn
Judge Ormsby
Greg Goossen
Bartender at Rosatti's
Gretchen Grant
Party Goer
Richard Zitrin
Prosecutor
Elizabeth Monti
Clerk
John Dearman
Judge
Carolyn Reynolds Najera
Receptionist
Carolyn Shelby
Woman Lawyer
James Van Harper
Janitor
Dan Hicks
Band at Rosatti's
Naomi Eisenberg
Group Band Singer
Maryann Price
Group Band Singer
Smadar Hanson
Jury Foreman (uncredited)
Michael D. Jones
Jury Member (uncredited)
Andrew Lenz
Waiter (uncredited)
Neil O'Neill
Night Club Attendee (uncredited)
Christabel Savalas
Office Worker (uncredited)
Crew
Michael Apted
Director
Christopher Ames
Writer, Co-Producer
Carolyn Shelby
Writer
Samantha Shad
Writer
Ian Crafford
Editor
Conrad L. Hall
Director of Photography
Robert W. Cort
Producer
Scott Kroopf
Producer
Ted Field
Producer
Kim Kurumada
Associate Producer, Unit Production Manager
Todd Hallowell
Production Design
Lora Kennedy
Casting
Linda Lowy
Casting
Rita Ryack
Costume Design
Emanuel Millar
Hair Department Head
Candace Neal
Key Hair Stylist
Catherine Childers
Hairstylist
Stephen Abrums
Makeup Department Head
Steven E. Anderson
Makeup Artist
John M. Elliott Jr.
Makeup Artist
James Horner
Original Music Composer
Daniel Loren May
Set Decoration
Mark Billerman
Art Direction
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