Adam's Rib Movie Review 1950

Classic war between the sexes cast Tracy and Hepburn as married attorneys on opposite sides of the courtroom in the trial of blonde bombshell Holliday, charged with attempted murder of the lover of her philandering husband. The battle in the courtroom soon takes its toll at home as the couple is increasingly unable to leave their work at the office. Sharp, snappy dialogue by Gordon and Kanin with superb direction by Cukor. Perhaps the best of the nine movies pairing Tracy and Hepburn. Also available colorized.

Distribution

Home Vision Cinema, c/o Image Entertainment, 20525 Nordhoff St., Ste. 200, Chatsworth, CA 91311, URL: http://www.homevision.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 101 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Romantic Comedy, Order in the Court, Law & Lawyers, War Between the Sexes, Screen Teams: Hepburn & Tracy, Director/Star Teams: Cukor & Hepburn, 4 Bones

Screenplay

Garson Kanin, Ruth Gordon

Cast

Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Judy Holliday, Tom Ewell, David Wayne, Jean Hagen, Hope Emerson, Polly Moran, Marvin Kaplan, Paula Raymond, Tommy Noonan

Cinematography

George J. Folsey

Director

George Cukor

Music

Miklos Rozsa

Producer

MGM

Awards

Natl. Film Reg. 1992.