This true story is based on Jonathan Harr's gripping book and the case became renowned in American legal history.
Hot shot lawyer, Jan Schlictmann (John Travolta), helps 21 families sue two of America's largest industrial manufacturing giants over the illegal dumping of toxic chemicals into their community's water supply.
Believing the chemicals are causing cancer-related deaths and health problems in the communities young population, they fight the companies for compensation and environmental safety.
A Civil Action is a Film programme that first aired in 1998 and has been classified a 15 certificate.
