Stars: Gene Hackman, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Joanna Merlin, Colin Friels, Laurence Fishburne, Jan Rubes, Laurence Fishburne

Director: Michael Apted

Summary: Lawyer Jedediah Ward, devoted to defending victims of large corporations and the State, is fighting for compensation for the victims of car accidents involving defective cars. The manufacturer is being defended by Ward's daughter.

A father and daughter, both attorneys, are on opposite sides in the courtroom. He's on the prosecuting side and she's for the defence. As father and daughter they become divided, and as attorneys, endangered by the truth. Gene Hackman plays Jedediah Tucker Ward an esteemed trial attorney who has built his reputation defending the underdog against the huge, impenetrable corporate power structure. His lawyer daughter Maggie, (Mastrantonio) has more conventional aims--namely becoming a partner in San Francisco's largest corporate law firm. Jedediah believes that his daughter is selling out by working as a corporate attorney, but Maggie sees her father's defence of the "common man" as an excuse for self-aggrandisement on the job and negligence at home. The festering antagonism between the two comes to a head when they meet in the courtroom for a class action suit against an American car manufacturer, where Maggie represents the car company and Jedediah represents the people.

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Aspect Ratio:	16:9 Wide Screen
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Year:	1990
Release Date:	April 19, 2004
Runtime:	105 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	01869 D V D
Keywords:	Action, General, Class, Wide, Screen, Drama
Genre:	Drama