Class Action (1991)
 


Genre:Drama
Released: January 1, 1991
Director:Michael Apted
Distributor:20th Century Fox
 
Starring:
Gene Hackman, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Colin Friels
 
Synopsis
A pair of lawyers must balance their professional principles
(such as they are) against family loyalties in this courtroom drama.
Jedediah Ward (Gene Hackman) is a leftist lawyer who has based
his career on helping people avoid being taken for a ride by the rich
and powerful; he's pursued principle at the expense of profit, though
he has a bad habit of not following up on his clients after their cases
are settled. Jed's daughter, Maggie (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio),
has had a bad relationship with her father ever since she discovered
that he was cheating on her mother, and while she also has made a
career in law, she has taken a very different professional route by
working for a high-powered corporate law firm and has adopted a
conservative political agenda. Jed is hired to help field a lawsuit
against a major auto manufacturer whose station wagons have a
dangerous propensity to explode on impact, but while his research
indicates he has an all but airtight case against them, the case
becomes more complicated for him when he discovers that Maggie
is representing the firm he's suing. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide 


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