First Monday in October
1981For 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.
Acted in
Walter Matthau
as Dan Snow
Jill Clayburgh
as Ruth Loomis
Barnard Hughes
as Chief Justice Crawford
Jan Sterling
as Christine Snow
James Stephens
as Mason Woods
Joshua Bryant
as Bill Russell
Wiley Harker
as Justice Harold Webb
F.J. O'Neil
as Justice Waldo Thompson
Charles Lampkin
as Justice Josiah Clewes
Lew Palter
as Justice Benjamin Halperin
Richard McMurray
as Justice Richard Carey
Herb Vigran
as Justice Ambrose Quincy
Edmund Stoiber
as Committee Chairman
Noble Willingham
as Nebraska Attorney
Richard McKenzie
as Hostile Senator
Ann Doran
as Storekeeper
Dallas Alinder
as Norman
Olive Dunbar
as Ms. Radabaugh
Hugh Gillin
as Southern Senator
James Brodhead
as Court Marshall
Arthur Adams
as Custodian #1
Nick Angotti
as Plaintiff's Attorney
Jeanne Joe
as Waitress
Christopher Tenney
as Robinson
Richard Balin
as Photographer
Martin Agronsky
as TV Commentator
Ray Colbert
as Senator #1
Bob Sherman
as Senator #2
Carol Coggin
as Attorney
Sig Frohlich
as Custodian #2
Ken DuMain
as Guard
Stanley Lawrence
as Court Guard
Dick Winslow
as Court Barber
Joe Michael Terry
as Law Clerk #1
Sandy Chapin
as Law Clerk #2
Dudley Knight
as Assistant Manager
Edwin M. Adams
as Clergyman
Ronnie Thomas
as Firing Party Commander
Jeff Scheulen
as Ambulance Attendant
Jonathan Charney
as Doctor
Mary Munday
as Head Nurse
Bebe Drake
as Nurse
Richard DeAngelis
as News Producer
Jim Vanko
as Chief Ranger
William G. Clark
as Cab Driver #1
Wendy E. Taylor
as Cab Driver #2
Dale E. House
as Helicopter Pilot
Tony D. Head
as Law Clerk #3 (uncredited)
Ronald Neame
as PA System Speaker at Tennis Court (voice) (uncredited)
Barbara Peckinpaugh
as Lois Larue (uncredited)
Todd Stockman
as Mourner (uncredited)