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First Monday in October
First Monday in October
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First Monday in October

1981
1h 38m
Comedy
Drama

Status

Released

Release

1981

Runtime

1h 38m

Where to Watch

Available options inUS

Provider type

Rent

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Storyline

"In the Supreme Court, there are only eight of them against all of her."

For the first time in history a woman is appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court, where she becomes a friendly rival to a liberal associate.

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 38m
Aug 21, 1981
Languages
English
Director
Ronald Neame
Ronald Neame
Production
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures
Production Countries
United States of America

Top Cast

51 Cast Members

Walter Matthau

Walter Matthau

Dan Snow

Jill Clayburgh

Jill Clayburgh

Ruth Loomis

Barnard Hughes

Barnard Hughes

Chief Justice Crawford

Jan Sterling

Jan Sterling

Christine Snow

James Stephens

James Stephens

Mason Woods

Joshua Bryant

Bill Russell

Wiley Harker

Wiley Harker

Justice Harold Webb

F.J. O'Neil

F.J. O'Neil

Justice Waldo Thompson

Charles Lampkin

Charles Lampkin

Justice Josiah Clewes

Lew Palter

Lew Palter

Justice Benjamin Halperin

Richard McMurray

Justice Richard Carey

Herb Vigran

Herb Vigran

Justice Ambrose Quincy

Edmund Stoiber

Committee Chairman

Noble Willingham

Noble Willingham

Nebraska Attorney

Richard McKenzie

Richard McKenzie

Hostile Senator

Ann Doran

Ann Doran

Storekeeper

Dallas Alinder

Norman

Olive Dunbar

Ms. Radabaugh

Hugh Gillin

Hugh Gillin

Southern Senator

James Brodhead

Court Marshall

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