Rain Without Thunder (1992): Cast & Plot

Allison Goldring, Ali Thomas, a privileged white college student, discovers she is pregnant by her boyfriend Jeremy Tanner, Steve Zahn. After discussing her options with Tanner and her family, she decides to travel abroad to terminate the pregnancy, since abortion is prosecuted as “fetal murder” in the United States. Both Allison and her mother Beverly Goldring, Betty Buckley, say that everyone—including Tanner—backed her decision, though Tanner’s later denial feels dubious within the film’s portrayal of the events. Allison’s father and grandmother are interviewed and express support for both Allison and Beverly, with her father noting that he initially meant to go along but implying that prosecuting Beverly has become a more powerful, almost arbitrary, focal point of control in their circle.