First Monday in October (1981)
In the Supreme Court, there are only eight of them against all of her.
Genre : Comedy, Drama
Runtime : 1H 38M
Director : Ronald Neame
Writer : Robert E. Lee, Jerome Lawrence
Synopsis
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.
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