First Monday in October
63 %|Aug 21, 1981|Comedy, 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.
Featured Crew
Ronald Neame
Director
Jerome Lawrence
Theatre Play
Jerome Lawrence
Screenplay
Robert E. Lee
Theatre Play
Robert E. Lee
Screenplay
John V. Cartwright
Art Direction
Philip M. Jefferies
Production Design
Peter E. Berger
Editor
Cast
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
Edmund Stoiber
Committee Chairman
Noble Willingham
Nebraska Attorney
Richard McKenzie
Hostile Senator
Ann Doran
Storekeeper
Dallas Alinder
Norman
Olive Dunbar
Ms. Radabaugh
Hugh Gillin
Southern Senator
James Brodhead
Court Marshall
Arthur Adams
Custodian #1
Nick Angotti
Plaintiff's Attorney
Jeanne Joe
Waitress
Christopher Tenney
Robinson
Richard Balin
Photographer
Martin Agronsky
TV Commentator
Ray Colbert
Senator #1
Bob Sherman
Senator #2
Carol Coggin
Attorney
Sig Frohlich
Custodian #2
Ken DuMain
Guard
Stanley Lawrence
Court Guard
Dick Winslow
Court Barber
Joe Michael Terry
Law Clerk #1
Sandy Chapin
Law Clerk #2
Dudley Knight
Assistant Manager
Edwin M. Adams
Clergyman
Ronnie Thomas
Firing Party Commander
Jeff Scheulen
Ambulance Attendant
Jonathan Charney
Doctor
Mary Munday
Head Nurse
Bebe Drake
Nurse
Richard DeAngelis
News Producer
Jim Vanko
Chief Ranger
William G. Clark
Cab Driver #1
Wendy E. Taylor
Cab Driver #2
Dale E. House
Helicopter Pilot
Tony D. Head
Law Clerk #3 (uncredited)
Ronald Neame
PA System Speaker at Tennis Court (voice) (uncredited)
Barbara Peckinpaugh
Lois Larue (uncredited)
Todd Stockman
Mourner (uncredited)