Feature film — 1981

First Monday in October (1981)

6.21h 38mComedy — Drama

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.

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A high-signal pick with 30 votes.

Paramount Pictures

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Director: Ronald Neame

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Cast & crew

Walter Matthau

Dan Snow

Jill Clayburgh

Ruth Loomis

Barnard Hughes

Chief Justice Crawford

Jan Sterling

Christine Snow

James Stephens

Mason Woods

Joshua Bryant

Bill Russell

Wiley Harker

Justice Harold Webb

F.J. O'Neil

Justice Waldo Thompson

Charles Lampkin

Justice Josiah Clewes

Lew Palter

Justice Benjamin Halperin

Richard McMurray

Justice Richard Carey

Herb Vigran

Justice Ambrose Quincy

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