First Monday in October (1981)
- Starring:
- Walter Matthau, Jill Clayburgh, (more)
- Director(s):
- Ronald Neame
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
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The election of Sandra Day O'Connor to the Supreme Court rendered the premise of First Monday in October anachronistic before the picture was even released; ignoring this, however, the film is supremely entertaining (no pun intended). Jill Clayburgh stars as Ruth Loomis, the first lady justice ever appointed to the Court. She's a conservative, while her principal foe on the bench, Dan Snow (Walter Matthau), is an old-line liberal. The film glides along on a predictable Tracy-Hepburn course until Snow comes to Loomis' defense when her late industrialist husband is accused of improprieties which might compromise Loomis' effectiveness. First Monday in October was adapted by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee from their own Broadway play, which starred Henry Fonda. Actress Martha Scott co-produced the film, while several other Hollywood veterans, including Herb Vigran and Ann Doran, dot the supporting case. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 98 mins
Complete Cast:
- Walter Matthau - Dan Snow
- Barnard Hughes - Chief Justice Crawford
- James Stephens - Mason Woods
- Wiley Harker - Justice Harold Webb
- Charles Lampkin - Justice Josiah Clewes
- Richard McMurray - Justice Richard Carey
- Arthur Adams
- Jordan Charney - Doctor
- Joe Terry
- David Graham
- Dick Winslow - Barber
- Wendy E. Taylor - Cab Driver
- Ray Colbert - Senator
- Edmund Stoiber - Committee Chairman
- Dale E. House - Pilot
- Olive Dunbar - Ms. Radabaugh
- Bebe Drake-Massey - Nurse
- Hugh Gillin - Southern Senator
- Nick Angotti - Plaintiff's Attorney
- Jill Clayburgh - Ruth Loomis
- Jan Sterling - Christine Snow
- Joshua Bryant - Bill Russell
- F.J. O'Neil - Justice Waldo Thompson
- Lew Palter - Justice Benjamin Halperin
- Herb Vigran - Justice Ambrose Quincy
- Dallas Alinder - Norman
- Edwin M. Adams - Clergyman
- Richard McKenzie - Hostile Senator
- William Clark
- Noble Willingham - Nebraska Attorney
- Bob Sherman
- Jim Vanko - Chief Ranger
- Stanley Lawrence - Court Guard
- Sig Frohlich - Custodian
- Mary Munday - Head Nurse
- Dudley Knight - Assistant Manager
- Ann Doran - Storekeeper
- James Brodhead - Court Marshal
- Director(s):
- Ronald Neame
- Writer(s):
- Robert E. Lee, Jerome Lawrence
- Producer(s):
- Paul Heller, Martha Scott
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Profanity, Brief Nudity, Not For Children, Adult Situations, Nudity, Adult Language)
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