In the 1993 film, Hanks plays a gay man who fights back after being fired from his job due to his HIV status
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Cast
Tom Hanks (Andrew Beckett)Denzel Washington (Joe Miller)Roberta Maxwell (Judge Tate)Buzz Kilman ('Crutches')Karen Finley (Dr. Gillman)Daniel Chapman (Clinic Storyteller)Mark Sorensen Jr. (Clinic Patient)Jeffrey Williamson (Tyrone)Charles Glenn (Kenneth Killcoyne)Ron Vawter (Bob Seidman)Anna Deavere Smith (Anthea Burton)Stephanie Roth Haberle (Rachel Smilow)Lisa Talerico (Shelby)Joanne Woodward (Sarah Beckett)Jason Robards (Charles Wheeler)Robert Ridgely (Walter Kenton)Chandra Wilson (Chandra)Ford Wheeler (Alan)
Director
Jonathan Demme
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Synopsis
When a man with HIV is fired by his law firm because of his condition, he hires a homophobic small time lawyer as the only willing advocate for a wrongful dismissal suit.
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