• 1999
  • PG-13
  • 1h 55m
A Civil Action

Summary At the risk of bankrupting his firm and career, lawyer Jan Schlichtman takes on a case involving two companies responsible for causing children to be diagnosed with leukemia due to the town's contaminated water supply. View more details

  • 1999
  • PG-13
  • 1h 55m

A Civil Action

Directed : Steven Zaillian

Written : Steven Zaillian Jonathan Harr

Stars : Tony Shalhoub John Travolta William H. Macy Robert Duvall

All cast & crew

6.6

Details

Genres : Drama Biography

Release date : Jan 7, 1999

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Filming locations : Northbridge, Massachusetts, USA

Production companies : Paramount Pictures Touchstone Pictures Wildwood Enterprises

Summary At the risk of bankrupting his firm and career, lawyer Jan Schlichtman takes on a case involving two companies responsible for causing children to be diagnosed with leukemia due to the town's contaminated water supply. View more details

Details

Genres : Drama Biography

Release date : Jan 7, 1999

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Filming locations : Northbridge, Massachusetts, USA

Production companies : Paramount Pictures Touchstone Pictures Wildwood Enterprises

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