
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.

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
David Byron
Carl

Tim Hopper
Howie

Robert David Hall
Steven Kellen
Ren Reynolds
Bartender at Bix

Wood Moy
Mr. Minh

Victor Talmadge
Bernstein
Ken Grantham
Anthony Patricola
Hajna O. Moss
Laura Holbrook
Michael Apted
Christopher Ames, Carolyn Shelby, Samantha Shad
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