

100 minutes
5/15/1989
Holly Hunter plays a lonely, single, poorly educated Texan who finds herself pregnant with no means to support a child. To avoid giving up the child, she seeks an abortion. Denied an abortion in Texas the young woman hires a novice lawyer to plead her case in the US supreme court. Eventually the law is changed, but for the character it takes longer than nine months.

Holly Hunter
as Ellen Russell / Jane Doe

Amy Madigan
as Sarah Weddington

Chris Mulkey
as Ron Weddington

Terry O'Quinn
as Jay Floyd

Stephen Tobolowsky
as Darryl Horwath

James Gammon
as Jimmy Russell

Dion Anderson
as Bob Flowers

Kathy Bates
as Jessie

Micole Mercurio
as Ida Russell

David Wohl
as Terry Bowman

Jerry Hardin

Daniel Benzali

Ken Jenkins

George Murdock
as Supreme Court Judge

James Avery

Paul Lambert
as Supreme Court Judge

Kenneth Tigar
as Supreme Court Judge

Glenn Morshower
as Jerry

Annabella Price
as Linda Coffey

Ward Costello
as Supreme Court Judge

Wendy Cutler
Katherine Cortez

Jeff Allin

David L. Crowley
Morgen Drasnin

Maggie Baird

Kevin Cooney

Jeff Perry

Jim Antonio

Susan Forristal

Angela Paton

David Selburg
Teddi Siddall
Dierk Torsek

Randy Oglesby
Randal Patrick

Karole Selmon

Alycia Grant
as Sherry Roe

Marnie Andrews
Sharon E. Smith
as Judge Sarah Hughes