Class Action
Class Action
Class Action
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1991
1h 45m
6.3(169 votes)
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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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Interscope Communications
20th Century Fox

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Cast & Crew

37 members
Acting

Gene Hackman

Jedediah Tucker Ward

Gene Hackman
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Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio

Maggie Ward

Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
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Colin Friels

Michael Grazier

Colin Friels
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Joanna Merlin

Estelle Ward

Joanna Merlin
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Laurence Fishburne

Nick Holbrook

Laurence Fishburne
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Donald Moffat

Quinn

Donald Moffat
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Jan Rubeš

Pavel

Jan Rubeš
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Matt Clark

Judge Symes

Matt Clark
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Fred Thompson

Dr. Getchell

Fred Thompson
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Jonathan Silverman

Brian

Jonathan Silverman
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Joan McMurtrey

Ann

Joan McMurtrey
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Anne Ramsay

Deborah

Anne Ramsay
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David Byron

Carl

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Tim Hopper

Howie

Tim Hopper
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Robert David Hall

Steven Kellen

Robert David Hall
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Ren Reynolds

Bartender at Bix

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Wood Moy

Mr. Minh

Wood Moy
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Victor Talmadge

Bernstein

Victor Talmadge
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Ken Grantham

Anthony Patricola

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Production

Hajna O. Moss

Laura Holbrook

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Abigail van Alyn

Judge Ormsby

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Greg Goossen

Bartender at Rosatti's

Greg Goossen
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Gretchen Grant

Party Goer

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Richard Zitrin

Prosecutor

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Elizabeth Monti

Clerk

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John Dearman

Judge

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Carolyn Reynolds Najera

Receptionist

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Writing

Carolyn Shelby

Woman Lawyer

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James Van Harper

Janitor

James Van Harper
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Dan Hicks

Band at Rosatti's

Dan Hicks
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Naomi Eisenberg

Group Band Singer

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Maryann Price

Group Band Singer

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Directing

Smadar Hanson

Jury Foreman (uncredited)

Smadar Hanson
Production

Michael D. Jones

Jury Member (uncredited)

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Acting

Andrew Lenz

Waiter (uncredited)

Andrew Lenz
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Neil O'Neill

Night Club Attendee (uncredited)

Neil O'Neill
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Christabel Savalas

Office Worker (uncredited)

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