Adam's Rib Summary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: George Cukor
Genres: Comedy
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Written by Ruth_Gordon and Garson_Kanin, Adam's Rib is a peerless comedy predicated on the double standard. Spencer_Tracy and Katharine_Hepburn play Adam and Amanda Bonner, a husband-and-wife attorney team, both drawn to a case of attempted murder. The defendant (Judy_Holliday) had tearfully attempted to shoot her husband (Tom_Ewell) and his mistress (Jean_Hagen). Adam argues that the case is open and shut, but Amanda points out that, if the defendant were a man, he'd be set free on the basis of "the unwritten law." Thus it is that Adam works on behalf of the prosecution, while Amanda defends the accused woman. The trial turns into a media circus, while the Bonners' home life suffers. Adam's Rib represented the film debuts of New York-based actors Jean_Hagen, Tom_Ewell, and David_Wayne (as Hepburn's erstwhile songwriting suitor), and the return to Hollywood of Judy_Holliday after her Born_Yesterday triumph. One of the best of the Tracy-Hepburn efforts, it inspired a brief 1973 TV series starring Ken_Howard and Blythe_Danner. Hal Erickson, Rovi
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