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Without Love

  • 1945
  • Approved
  • 1h 51m
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
2.5K
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Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, and Lucille Ball in Without Love (1945)
In Washington, D.C. during World War II, Jamie Rowan enters into a loveless marriage with scientist Pat Jamieson and becomes his assistant. Struggles bring them closer together.
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In Washington, D.C. during World War II, Jamie Rowan enters into a loveless marriage with scientist Pat Jamieson and becomes his assistant. Struggles bring them closer together.In Washington, D.C. during World War II, Jamie Rowan enters into a loveless marriage with scientist Pat Jamieson and becomes his assistant. Struggles bring them closer together.In Washington, D.C. during World War II, Jamie Rowan enters into a loveless marriage with scientist Pat Jamieson and becomes his assistant. Struggles bring them closer together.

  • Director
    • Harold S. Bucquet
  • Writers
    • Philip Barry
    • Donald Ogden Stewart
    • Frances Marion
  • Stars
    • Spencer Tracy
    • Katharine Hepburn
    • Lucille Ball
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.6/10
    2.5K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Harold S. Bucquet
    • Writers
      • Philip Barry
      • Donald Ogden Stewart
      • Frances Marion
    • Stars
      • Spencer Tracy
      • Katharine Hepburn
      • Lucille Ball
    • 32User reviews
    • 21Critic reviews
    • 43Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win

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    Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy in Without Love (1945)
    Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy in Without Love (1945)
    Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy in Without Love (1945)
    Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy in Without Love (1945)
    Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy in Without Love (1945)
    Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy in Without Love (1945)
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    Top cast

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    Spencer Tracy
    Spencer Tracy
    • Pat Jamieson
    Katharine Hepburn
    Katharine Hepburn
    • Jamie Rowan
    Lucille Ball
    Lucille Ball
    • Kitty Trimble
    Keenan Wynn
    Keenan Wynn
    • Quentin Ladd
    Carl Esmond
    Carl Esmond
    • Paul Carrell
    Patricia Morison
    Patricia Morison
    • Edwina Collins
    Felix Bressart
    Felix Bressart
    • Prof. Ginza
    Emily Massey
    • Anna
    Gloria Grahame
    Gloria Grahame
    • Flower Girl
    George Davis
    George Davis
    • Caretaker
    George Chandler
    George Chandler
    • Elevator Boy
    Clancy Cooper
    Clancy Cooper
    • Sergeant
    Eddie Acuff
    Eddie Acuff
    • Taxi Driver
    • (uncredited)
    Charles Arnt
    Charles Arnt
    • Col. Braden
    • (uncredited)
    Brooks Benedict
    Brooks Benedict
    • Officer in Elevator
    • (uncredited)
    Wally Boag
    • Soldier
    • (uncredited)
    Ralph Brooke
    • Pageboy
    • (uncredited)
    Hazel Brooks
    Hazel Brooks
    • Girl on Elevator
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Harold S. Bucquet
    • Writers
      • Philip Barry(based on the play by)
      • Donald Ogden Stewart
      • Frances Marion(uncredited)
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    • Trivia
      Spencer Tracy hated making this movie, but did it as a favor to Katharine Hepburn, who had starred in the play.
    • Goofs
      Pat pushes a tall chest of drawers in front of his bedroom door so he won't leave the room if he sleepwalks. However, when he does sleepwalk later, the door is not blocked and Pat was not shown moving the chest back.
    • Quotes

      Quentin Ladd: Jaime? She writes. She writes horseback.

    • Connections
      Featured in That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
    • Soundtracks
      Easy To Love
      (uncredited)

      Music by Cole Porter

      Played by the orchestra in the hotel room

    User reviews32

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    Featured review
    7/10
    Nice film
    Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn are "Without Love" in this 1945 romantic comedy, also starring Keenan Wynn, Patricia Morison, and Lucille Ball. Based on a play by Philip Barry, Tracy plays Pat Jamieson, a scientist looking for a place to live in Washington, D.C. in wartime; he signs on as a caretaker for the home of Jamie Rowan (Hepburn), a widow. Jamieson has had his heart broken by a French woman, Lily Vine, and Jamie feels that she can never again recapture what she had with her late husband. The two decide to marry but keep it platonic.

    This light comedy is obviously predictable, elevated by the excellent cast. Tracy and Hepburn are both delightful with their usual great chemistry. Keenan Wynn and Lucille Ball are on hand as an on-again, off-again couple; the Wynn character is engaged to Patricia Morison, a bossy woman, but he keeps flirting and kissing Ball. Ball's delivery is priceless.

    Hollywood didn't know what to with Morison for most of her films, either B movies or small parts in A movies; in fact, her fabulous role in "Kiss of Death" was cut by the censors. Instead, she became a tremendous musical stage star on Broadway and in London, her best role being Kate in "Kiss Me, Kate." At this writing, she's 96 and still with us.

    An entertaining film, good watch.
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    • Release date
      • May 1945 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Zu klug für die Liebe
    • Filming locations
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA(Studio)
    • Production company
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $1,873,000 (estimated)
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 51 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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