Ein Montag im Oktober (1981)
Ruth Loomis ist die erste Richterin, die an den höchsten Gerichtshof der USA gewählt wird. Dort allerdings kollidieren ihre Einstellungen mit denen des bereits aktiven Mitglieds Richter Dan Snow weil sich Konservative und Liberale eben in ziemlich vielen Punkten nicht ausstehen können. Aber je länger sie zusammenarbeiten müssen, desto mehr wächst der Respekt der beiden voreinander und irgendwann fangen sie wenigstens an, sich zu mögen...
Der Regisseur:
Ronald Neame
Die Autor:
Jerome Lawrence, Robert Edwin Lee.
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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 |
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Edmund Stoiber as Committee Chairman |
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Noble Willingham as Nebraska Attorney |
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Richard McKenzie as Hostile Senator |
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Ann Doran as Storekeeper |
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Dallas Alinder as Norman |
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Olive Dunbar as Ms. Radabaugh |
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Hugh Gillin as Southern Senator |
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James Brodhead as Court Marshall |
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Arthur Adams as Custodian #1 |
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Nick Angotti as Plaintiff's Attorney |
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Jeanne Joe as Waitress |
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Christopher Tenney as Robinson |
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Richard Balin as Photographer |
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Martin Agronsky as TV Commentator |
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Ray Colbert as Senator #1 |
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Bob Sherman as Senator #2 |
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Carol Coggin as Attorney |
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Sig Frohlich as Custodian #2 |
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Ken DuMain as Guard |
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Stanley Lawrence as Court Guard |
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Dick Winslow as Court Barber |
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Joe Michael Terry as Law Clerk #1 |
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Sandy Chapin as Law Clerk #2 |
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Dudley Knight as Assistant Manager |
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Edwin M. Adams as Clergyman |
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Ronnie Thomas as Firing Party Commander |
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Jeff Scheulen as Ambulance Attendant |
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Jonathan Charney as Doctor |
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Mary Munday as Head Nurse |
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Bebe Drake as Nurse |
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Richard DeAngelis as News Producer |
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Jim Vanko as Chief Ranger |
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William G. Clark as Cab Driver #1 |
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Wendy E. Taylor as Cab Driver #2 |
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Dale E. House as Helicopter Pilot |
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Tony D. Head as Law Clerk #3 (uncredited) |
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Ronald Neame as PA System Speaker at Tennis Court (voice) (uncredited) |
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Barbara Peckinpaugh as Lois Larue (uncredited) |
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Todd Stockman as Mourner (uncredited) |
| Directing | Ronald Neame | Director |
| Writing | Robert Edwin Lee | Theatre Play |
| Writing | Jerome Lawrence | Theatre Play |
| Writing | Jerome Lawrence | Screenplay |
| Writing | Robert Edwin Lee | Screenplay |
| Camera | Fred J. Koenekamp | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Peter E. Berger | Editor |
| Art | John V. Cartwright | Art Direction |
| Art | Philip M. Jefferies | Production Design |
| Production | Paul M. Heller | Producer |