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6.2/10   544 votes
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Director:
Ronald Neame
Writers:
Jerome Lawrence (play)
Jerome Lawrence (screenplay)
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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
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Awards:
Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 1 nomination more
User Comments:
Really great movie more (11 total)

Cast

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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

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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
Filming Locations:
Inyo National Forest - 351 Pacu Lane, Bishop, California, USA more
Company:
Paramount Pictures more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The airport that Justice Loomis (Jill Clayburgh) flies into when she returns to Orange County, California actually is John Wayne/Orange County Airport as it existed prior to undergoing major improvements in the late 1980s. more
Quotes:
Mason Woods: Would you like tea or whiskey?
Justice Dan Snow: Both. No, skip the tea, I don't want to overdo it.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Jeopardy!: (#26.23)" (2009) more

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Really great movie, 28 April 2000
Author: isensee-2 from Gelsenkirchen, Germany

When I first saw this movie, I had a discussion with a friend of mine over many of the things shown in this movie. After several years I again had another discussion with the same friend and it again was very interesting although very different. I can say this about two handful of movies. I give it a 10...

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