A Civil Action
A determined lawyer takes on powerful corporations in a high-stakes legal battle over toxic water contamination, risking everything to seek justice for a grieving family.
“Justice has its price.”
Synopsis
Jan Schlickmann is a cynical lawyer who goes out.
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Principal cast & crew: 24
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Craft leads on file
Edited by Wayne WahrmanShot by Conrad L HallScored by Danny ElfmanDesigned by David Gropman
Box Office
1998 · Box office
📉 Underperformed — grossed 0.8× its budget
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Worldwide gross
$56.7M
Opening weekend: $70K — 0% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.
Opening week (7-day): $156K — 0% of its US & Canada run.
Peak 2 theaters
Also known as
- Zivilprozessde
- Zuvilprozessde
- Préjudicefr
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Cast & Crew
24 unique people credited
Top billed cast
John Travolta
as Jan Schlichtmann
Robert Duvall
as Jerome Facher
Kathleen Quinlan
as Anne Anderson
Tony Shalhoub
as Kevin Conway
William H Macy
as James Gordon
Zeljko Ivanek
as Bill Crowley
Bruce Norris
as William Cheeseman
John Lithgow
as Judge Walter J. Skinner
Peter Jacobson
as Neil Jacobs
Mary Mara
as Kathy Boyer
Jazz Patterson
as as Geologist
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1Writers
2Producers
3Other crew
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