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Director:
Ronald Neame
Writers:
Jerome Lawrence (play)
Jerome Lawrence (screenplay)
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Contact:
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Release Date:
21 August 1981 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama more
Tagline:
In the Supreme Court, there are only eight of them against all of her.
Plot:
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. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 1 nomination more
User Comments:
I can't believe there are people who don't like this film. more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

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
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Additional Details

Runtime:
98 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Iceland:L | Sweden:11 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | UK:15 (video) | Norway:16 | UK:AA | Canada:PG (Manitoba) | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Australia:M | Finland:K-12 | USA:R

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Trivia:
The original Broadway production of "First Monday in October" by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee opened at the Majestic Theater in New York on October 3, 1978 and ran for 79 performances starring movie legend Henry Fonda and Jane Alexander who was nominated for the 1979 Tony Award for Actress in a Drama. more
Quotes:
Justice Dan Snow: She wants me to disqualify myself because I won't go down there and sit through that pile of crap?
Chief Justice Crawford: Uh, well, uh...
Justice Dan Snow: So its crap. What if it is crap? That's not the point. Crap's got the right to be crap.
Chief Justice Crawford: Drop the legal language, Dan.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Roseanne: The Last Thursday in November (#8.8)" (1995) more

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6 out of 6 people found the following comment useful:-
I can't believe there are people who don't like this film., 4 September 2003
10/10
Author: Rabbi1941 from Texas

This film is classic Mathau. The plot is a little thin, and not the most thought provoking, but it's the portrayal in the key roles that make this film great. Mathau is very believable as Justice Dan Snow. The scene with his wife and the wallpaper has got to be familiar to intellectual men everywhere. His one liners in this movie are some of my favorites...

C.J. - "Are you going to get that?"

D.S. - "The telephone has no constitutional right to be answered. Leave it alone, it'll go away."

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R.L. - "The Dr. says you might have had a heart attack..."

D.S. - "My heart wouldn't dare attack me!"

Over all a really well done film.

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