Class Action
Mar 15, 1991 | IMDB 6.3
105 min Watch NowDrama, Crime, History
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.
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IMDB 6.2 | Mar , 1989
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IMDB 7.4 | Sep , 1991
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IMDB 6.9 | Sep , 1997
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IMDB 6.8 | Apr , 1986
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