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Class Action (1991)

Class Action (1991)

Drama Crime History

A father and a daughter, divided by a case, endangered by the truth.

Release Date: 1991, March 15
Directors: Michael Apted
Countries: United States of America
Production: Interscope Communications, 20th Century Fox, 20th Century Fox
Cast: Laurence Fishburne, Joanna Merlin, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Abigail van Alyn, Donald Moffat, Dan Hicks, Fred Thompson, Gene Hackman, Greg Goossen, Tim Hopper, Robert David Hall, Victor Talmadge

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.

Keywords:

lawyer courtroom father daughter conflict estranged daughter auto industry