First Monday in October

"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

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)

Crew

Ronald Neame

Director

Jerome Lawrence

Theatre Play

Robert Edwin Lee

Theatre Play

Jerome Lawrence

Screenplay

Robert Edwin Lee

Screenplay

Philip M. Jefferies

Production Design

John V. Cartwright

Art Direction

Fred J. Koenekamp

Director of Photography

Peter E. Berger

Editor