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.

Cast

Gene Hackman

Jedediah Tucker Ward

Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio

Maggie Ward

Colin Friels

Michael Grazier

Joanna Merlin

Estelle Ward

Laurence Fishburne

Nick Holbrook

Donald Moffat

Quinn

Jan Rubeš

Pavel

Matt Clark

Judge Symes

Fred Thompson

Dr. Getchell

Jonathan Silverman

Brian

Joan McMurtrey

Ann

Anne Ramsay

Deborah