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Adam's Rib

Country: USA, Language: English, 101 mins

  • Director: George Cukor
  • Writer: Ruth Gordon; Garson Kanin
  • Producer: Lawrence Weingarten

CGiii Comment

It is probable blasphemy if one criticizes such a classic - with such icons - Hepburn & Tracey...BUT, this battle of the sexes, a supposed comedy, is a lame turkey.

Frankly, it takes great concentration to refrain from yawning throughout the droning dialogue.

Even the gay character offers no respite.

It may have been ground-breaking in its day but, now, it is preachy and unfunny.


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The(ir) Blurb...

When a woman attempts to kill her uncaring husband, prosecutor Adam Bonner gets the case. Unfortunately for him his wife Amanda (who happens to be a lawyer too) decides to defend the woman in court. Amanda uses everything she can to win the case and Adam gets mad about it. As a result, their perfect marriage is disturbed by everyday quarrels...

Cast & Characters

Spencer Tracy as Adam Bonner;
Katharine Hepburn as Amanda Bonner;
Judy Holliday as Doris Attinger;
Tom Ewell as Warren Attinger;
David Wayne as Kip Lurie;
Jean Hagen as Beryl Caighn;
Hope Emerson as Olympia La Pere;
Eve March as Grace;
Clarence Kolb as Judge Reiser;
Emerson Treacy as Jules Frikke;
Polly Moran as Mrs. McGrath;
Will Wright as Judge Marcasson;
Elizabeth Flournoy as Dr. Margaret Brodeigh;
Charles Bastin as Young District Attorney;
Joseph E. Bernard as Mr. Bonner, Adam's Father