First Monday in October (1981)
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45% of users liked it
(959 ratings)
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… More 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, Rovi
- Directed By
- Ronald Neame
- Written By
- Jerome Lawrence, Robert E. Lee
- Genres
- Comedy, Romance
R,
- In Theaters
- Aug 21, 1981 Wide
- Studio
- Paramount Home Video
Critic Reviews
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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice
First Day in October puts up front the precise comic timing of Walter Matthau as an outspoken liberal justice of the Supreme Court.
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Cast
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Walter Matthau
as Dan Snow
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Jill Clayburgh
as Ruth Loomis
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Barnard Hughes
as Chief Justice Crawford
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Jan Sterling
as Christine Snow
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James Stephens
as Mason Woods
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Joshua Bryant
as Bill Russell
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Wiley Harker
as Justice Harold Webb
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F.J. O'Neil
as Justice Waldo Thompson
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Charles Lampkin
as Justice Josiah Clewes
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Lew Palter
as Justice Benjamin Halperin
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Richard McMurray
as Justice Richard Carey
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Herb Vigran
as Justice Ambrose Quincy
- Arthur Adams
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Dallas Alinder
as Norman
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Nick Angotti
as Plaintiff's Attorney
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James Brodhead
as Court Marshal
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Jordan Charney
as Doctor
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Ann Doran
as Storekeeper
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Bebe Drake-Massey
as Nurse
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Hugh Gillin
as Southern Senator
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Dudley Knight
as Assistant Manager
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Mary Munday
as Head Nurse
- Bob Sherman
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Wendy E. Taylor
as Cab Driver
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Noble Willingham
as Nebraska Attorney
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Dick Winslow
as Barber
- William Clark
- David Graham
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Richard McKenzie
as Hostile Senator
- Joe Michael Terry
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Edwin M. Adams
as Clergyman
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Olive Dunbar
as Ms. Radabaugh
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Sig Frohlich
as Custodian
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Dale E. House
as Pilot
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Stanley Lawrence
as Court Guard
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Edmund Stoiber
as Committee Chairman
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Jim Vanko
as Chief Ranger
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Ray Colbert
as Senator
