First Monday in October
21/08/1981
2h



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.
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)
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