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Film version of the Broadway comedy about the first female Supreme Court justice and her politically opposed colleague. Released around the time that Sandra Day O'Connor was appointed to the same position!
Original Release
08/21/1981
US Release
08/21/1981
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Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Walter Matthau | Dan Snow |
| Jill Clayburgh | Ruth Loomis |
| Barnard Hughes | Chief Justice James Jefferson Crawford / 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 |
Directors
Writers
Jerome Lawrence, Robert E. Lee
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Walter Matthau | Dan Snow |
| Jill Clayburgh | Ruth Loomis |
| Barnard Hughes | Chief Justice James Jefferson Crawford / 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 |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Martha Scott | Producer |
| Paul M. Heller | Producer |
| Charles Matthau | Producer |
Editors
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1982 | Golden Globe | Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical | Nominated |
| 1982 | Golden Globe | Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical | Nominated |
