ADAM’S RIB

Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Judy Holliday

Turner/MGM; Directed by George Cukor

Black and White; Not Rated; 101 minutes; 1949

, 35MM, VHS

 

Prosecutor Adam Bonner (Spencer Tracy) is up against his defense attorney wife Amanda (Katharine Hepburn) in this witty and sophisticated courtroom comedy. Amanda is defending Doris Attinger (Judy Holliday) who is on trial for the attempted murder of her cheating husband. The legal battle carries outside the courtroom as the two lawyers come to new terms in their own marriage.

 

REVIEWS

"ADAM'S RIB gives us writers, performers and a director all operating at peak levels of performance; a classic comedy."

- Dan Jardine, THE APOLLO MOVIE GUIDE

"A delightful, sophisticated comedy."

- TV GUIDE