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First Monday in October (1981)
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Reviews Counted:4
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Rotten:3
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Runtime: 1 hr 39 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Conflict erupts when the first woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court takes her seat on the bench in Ronald Neame's witty political comedy FIRST MONDAY IN OCTOBER. Newly appointed Justice Ruth... Conflict erupts when the first woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court takes her seat on the bench in Ronald Neame's witty political comedy FIRST MONDAY IN OCTOBER. Newly appointed Justice Ruth Loomis' (Jill Clayburgh) staunch conservative views stand in sharp opposition to the other members of the Court--especially those of outspoken liberal Justice Dan Snow (Walter Matthau). So it isn't long before the rivals square off against each other in a series of cases involving censorship and big business, igniting an intense ideological showdown that yields an unexpected truce between the fiery opponents. [More]
Starring: Walter Matthau, Jill Clayburgh, Barnard Hughes, Jan Sterling
Starring: Walter Matthau, Jill Clayburgh, Barnard Hughes, Jan Sterling, James Stephens, Charles Lampkin, Lew Palter, Richard McMurray, Herb Vigran
Director: Ronald Neame
Director: Ronald Neame
Screenwriter: Jerome Lawrence, Robert E. Lee
Producer: Paul M. Heller, Martha Scott
Composer: Ian Fraser
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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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