A Civil Action (1998) - The A.V. Club

Cast

John Travolta (Jan Schlichtmann)Robert Duvall (Jerome Facher)Kathleen Quinlan (Anne Anderson)Tony Shalhoub (Kevin Conway)William H. Macy (James Gordon)Zeljko Ivanek (Bill Crowley)Bruce Norris (William Cheeseman)John Lithgow (Judge Walter J. Skinner)Peter Jacobson (Neil Jacobs)Mary Mara (Kathy Boyer)James Gandolfini (Al Love)Stephen Fry (Pinder)Dan Hedaya (John Riley)David Thornton (Richard Aufiero)Sydney Pollack (Al Eustis)Ned Eisenberg (Uncle Pete)Margot Rose (Donna Robbins)Daniel von Bargen (Mr. Granger)

Director

Steven Zaillian

Synopsis

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.