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Adam's Rib is a 1949 American comedy-romance film directed by George Cukor and produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The screenplay was written by Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin, with music composed by Miklós Rózsa and Cole Porter. The cast includes Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Judy Holliday, and Tom Ewell. George J. Folsey served as director of photography, while Cedric Gibbons and Walter Plunkett handled production and costume design, respectively.
The narrative is set in New York City, though filming took place in Los Angeles. The black-and-white movie has a runtime of 101 minutes and explores themes of husband-wife relationships, marriage, lawyers, and courtroom settings. It was released on November 17 or 18, 1949. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay, and a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture. It holds review scores of 8/10, 96%, and a Metascore of 87.
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7.1A woman's attempted murder of her uncaring husband results in everyday quarrels in the lives of Adam and Amanda, a pair of happily married lawyers who end up on opposite sides of the case in court.
Cast
- Spencer Tracy as Adam Bonner
- Katharine Hepburn as Amanda Bonner
- Judy Holliday as Doris Attinger
- Tom Ewell as Warren Attinger
- David Wayne as Kip Lurie
- Jean Hagen as Beryl Caighn
Themes
- husband wife relationship
- marriage
- lawyer
- singing
- courtroom
- prosecutor
- subway station
- grapefruit
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Ratings
IMDb
7.4/10
23,318 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
96%
Metacritic
87/100
- Year
- 1949
- Runtime
- 101 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Romance
- Rated
- Approved
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 win & 4 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Part of
- National Film Registry
- Genre
- romantic comedy
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- George Cukor
- Screenwriter
- Garson Kanin
- Cast member
- George Magrill
- Composer
- Cole Porter
- Producer
- Lawrence Weingarten
- Production company
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Cinematographer
- George J. Folsey
- Narrative location
- New York City
- Filming location
- Los Angeles
- Duration
- 98
- FilmAffinity ID
- 443564
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn in Adams Rib trailer.jpg
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- Commons category
- Adam's Rib (film)
- publication date
- 1949-11-18
- title
- Adam's Rib
- color
- black-and-white
- distributed by
- Fandango at Home
- production designer
- Cedric Gibbons
- costume designer
- Walter Plunkett
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- different from
- Adam's Rib
- review score
- 96%
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