Call Jane

2022

2022

Drama / History

246

Plot summary

Set in the late 1960s a pregnant housewife finds out she had a potentially life threatening illness whilst pregnant and the only treatment is to have an abortion. Declined by the hospital board of directors, she sets out to find an alternative to hospital treatment. Upon finding a group who offer services to facilitate illegal abortions she then gets more involved in the service, 'Call Jane'.

Director

Phyllis Nagy

Top cast

Elizabeth Banks as Joy Kate Mara as Lana Sigourney Weaver as Virginia Chris Messina as Will