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  1. Adam's Rib
    1949 · Romantic comedy · 1h 41m

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    • Golden Globe Best Performance By an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture 1951 · Nominated

    • Academy Award Writing (Story and Screenplay) 1950 · Nominated

  1. Adam's Rib is a 1949 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by George Cukor from a screenplay written by Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin. It stars Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn as married lawyers who come to oppose each other in court. Judy Holliday co-stars as the third lead in her second credited movie role.

  2. Adam's Rib Jump to Academy Awards, USA (1) Golden Globes, USA (1) National Film Preservation Board, USA (1) Writers Guild of America, USA (2) 1 win & 4 nominations

  3. Adam's Rib: Directed by George Cukor. With Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Judy Holliday, Tom Ewell. Domestic and professional tensions mount when a husband and wife work as opposing lawyers in a case involving a woman who shot her husband.

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    • Comedy, Romance
    • George Cukor
    • 1949-11-17
  4. Adam's Rib gives us writers, performers and a director all operating at peak levels of performance; it's a classic comedy." - Dan Jardine, Apollo Film Guide. AWARDS & HONORS Although Adam's Rib premiered in New York in late 1949, it did not play in Los Angeles until the following year. As a result, it had to compete against 1950's film releases ...

    • George Cukor, Jack Greenwood
    • Spencer Tracy
  5. Gloria Swanson with the Best Actor winner for Cyrano de Bergerac and Best Actress winner for Born Yesterday. Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Best Directing and Original Screenplay winner for All about Eve. Dr. Mario Ungaro.

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  7. Adam's Rib (1949) Adam's Rib (1949) is director George Cukor's most famous film of the battle of the sexes - between two married lawyers. The Oscar-nominated screenplay (originally titled Man and Wife) for the sparkling, MGM classic (screwball) comedy of the post-war years was way ahead of its time. It was written by the husband-wife team of ...

  8. 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. George Cukor. Director. Garson Kanin. Screenplay. Ruth Gordon.

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