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Overview

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Director:
George Cukor
Writers:
Ruth Gordon (screenplay) and
Garson Kanin (screenplay)
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Release Date:
18 November 1949 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Romance more
Tagline:
It Will Tickle Your Funny Bone ! more
Plot:
Domestic and professional tensions mount when a husband and wife work as opposing lawyers in a case involving a woman who shot her husband. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win & 3 nominations more
NewsDesk:
Screen Legend Katharine Hepburn Dies at 96
 (From WENN. 30 June 2003)

User Comments:
Adam's Rib (1949) **** more

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)

Spencer Tracy ... Adam Bonner

Katharine Hepburn ... Amanda Bonner
Judy Holliday ... Doris Attinger
Tom Ewell ... Warren Attinger
David Wayne ... Kip Lurie
Jean Hagen ... Beryl Caighn
Hope Emerson ... Olympia La Pere
Eve March ... Grace
Clarence Kolb ... Judge Reiser
Emerson Treacy ... Jules Frikke
Polly Moran ... Mrs. McGrath

Will Wright ... Judge Marcasson
Elizabeth Flournoy ... Dr. Margaret Brodeigh
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Man and Wife (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
101 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
Portugal:M/12 | Sweden:15 | USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | USA:Approved (certificate #14029) | UK:U | New Zealand:PG | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G (alternate rating) | Australia:PG
Company:
Loew's more

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To help build up Judy Holliday's image, particularly in the eyes of Columbia Pictures chief Harry Cohn, Katharine Hepburn deliberately leaked stories to the gossip columns suggesting that her performance in _Adam's Rib (1949)_ was so good that it had stolen the spotlight from Hepburn and Spencer Tracy. This got Cohn's attention and Holliday won the part in Born Yesterday (1950). more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Adam confronts Amanda and Kip in his apartment with the licorice gun, the handkerchief in his suit pocket keeps changing lengths between shots. more
Quotes:
Beryl Caighn: And then I heard a noise.
Adam Bonner: What kind of noise?
Beryl Caighn: Like a sound.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "EastEnders: (2004-09-27)" (2004) more
Soundtrack:
Farewell, Amanda more

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3 out of 3 people found the following comment useful:-
Adam's Rib (1949) ****, 17 February 2005
10/10
Author: JoeKarlosi from U.S.A.

Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn make fireworks in this cute film about a well-to-do married couple who both happen to be lawyers. Hepburn is a die-hard Woman's Rights supporter, so when a ditzy lady is charged with shooting her husband after catching him being unfaithful, Kate decides to take her case and defend her. The trouble is, old-fashioned husband Tracy is already penciled in as the prosecuting attorney. Let the Battle of the Sexes begin!

The script sets up a great opportunity to have Tracy and Hepburn sparring with one another during every phase of the trial, as well as at home every night after they've spent each day trying to outwit each other. As a comedy, there aren't any huge belly-laughs, but it's a charming enough little take on the differences between men and women which also manages to make the point that, in many ways, the sexes aren't really all that different when all is said and done.

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