A Civil Action

A tenacious lawyer takes on a case involving two companies responsible for causing several children to be diagnosed with leukemia due to the town's water supply being contaminated, at the risk of bankrupting his firm and career.

Director: Steven Zaillian

Cast:John Travolta , Robert Duvall , Kathleen Quinlan , Tony Shalhoub , William H. Macy , Zeljko Ivanek , Bruce Norris , John Lithgow , Peter Jacobson , Mary Mara , James Gandolfini , Stephen Fry , Dan Hedaya , David Thornton , Sydney Pollack , Ned Eisenberg , Margot Rose , Daniel von Bargen