Adam's Rib

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Academy Award winners Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn star as a husband-and-wife team of attorneys representing opposite sides of a case in this classic comedy directed by George Cukor.

To attorney Adam Bonner (Tracy), it's an open-and-shut case when a woman is arrested for attempting to kill her husband after she discovers him with his mistress. But Adam's wife, Amanda Bonner (Hepburn), believes that it would be a case of justifiable attempted homicide if the husband had discovered his wife in an affair ... And so begins one of the wittiest courtroom battle of the sexes ever recorded on film.

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Release:

1949

Running Time:

101 min

Certificate:

Contains no material likely to offend or harm

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Genre:

Romance

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Director:

George Cukor

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Joanne Peacock
classic
06 December 2008
Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy aren't the only thing that make this 1949 'battle-of-the-sexes' comedy a classic, but they certainly contribute wealthily with their beautifully artistic portrayal of two lawyers battling against ach other in a court case over a woman who has shot her nasty abusive husband. Starting off reasonably light with quips and sketches, the film gets more profound as Tracy attempts to understand resolve his wife's convictions whilst Hepburn endeavours to surrender her feminist views in order to allow her husband some slack. Their real life relationship is unmistakeable, as it adds a depth of intimacy to their characters that is unrivalled in present cinema. The script is sharp and engaging, and the direction is perfectly crafted. This film is a classic for a reason.
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