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Adam's Rib ()

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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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  • Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 1 win & 3 nominations.
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Adam Bonner
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Amanda Bonner
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Doris Attinger
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Warren Attinger
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Kip Lurie
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Beryl Caighn
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Olympia La Pere
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Grace
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Judge Reiser
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Jules Frikke
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Mrs. McGrath
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Judge Marcasson
Elizabeth Flournoy ...
Dr. Margaret Brodeigh
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Kip's neighbor (uncredited)
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Woman in Courtroom (uncredited)
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Young District Attorney (uncredited)
Harry Baum ...
Commuter (uncredited)
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Mr. Bonner - Adam's Father (uncredited)
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Mrs. Bonner - Adam's Mother (uncredited)
Harris Brown ...
Court Attendant (uncredited)
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Roy (uncredited)
Harry Cody ...
Criminal Attorney (uncredited)
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Reporter (uncredited)
Paul Cramer ...
Stenographer (uncredited)
Bert Davidson ...
Subway Guard (uncredited)
Roger Davis ...
Paul Hurlock (uncredited)
Janna DeLoos ...
Mary - Maid (uncredited)
Sidney Dubin ...
Bobby - Amanda's Assistant (uncredited)
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Fat Man in Elevator (uncredited)
John Fell ...
Adam's Assistant (uncredited)
Norman Field ...
Courtroom Bailiff (uncredited)
Glen Gallagher ...
Criminal Attorney (uncredited)
Mickey Golden ...
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Danny Harvey ...
Office Boy (uncredited)
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Court Stenographer (uncredited)
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Man in Courtroom (uncredited)
Michael Kostrick ...
Photographer (uncredited)
Nancy Laurents ...
Photographer (uncredited)
Gracille LaVinder ...
Police Matron (uncredited)
DeForrest Lawrence ...
Adam's Assistant (uncredited)
Gustave Lax ...
Juror (uncredited)
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Lady with Attinger Kids in Court (uncredited)
Lester Luther ...
Judge Poynter (uncredited)
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Subway Conductor (uncredited)
Dwight Martin ...
Photographer (uncredited)
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Louie - Elevator Operator (uncredited)
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Court Clerk (uncredited)
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Reporter (uncredited)
Walter Merrill ...
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Jules Michelson ...
Bailiff (uncredited)
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Juror (uncredited)
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Photographer (uncredited)
Evelyn Moriarty ...
Juror (uncredited)
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Commuter (uncredited)
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Mrs. Poynter (uncredited)
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Dave (uncredited)
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Reporter (uncredited)
Gil Patric ...
Criminal Attorney (uncredited)
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Man in Courtroom (uncredited)
Dan Quigg ...
Reporter (uncredited)
Tom Quinn ...
Photographer (uncredited)
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Emerald - Kip's Girlfriend (uncredited)
William Self ...
Benjamin Klausner - Jury Foreman (uncredited)
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Tralier Announcer (uncredited) (voice)
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Taxicab Driver (uncredited)
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Courtroom Extra (uncredited)
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Court Clerk (uncredited)
Arthur Tovey ...
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
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Photographer (uncredited)
Glen Walters ...
Juror (uncredited)
Marjorie Wood ...
Mrs. Marcasson (uncredited)
Wilson Wood ...
Reporter (uncredited)

Directed by

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George Cukor

Written by

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Ruth Gordon ... (screen play) and
Garson Kanin ... (screen play)

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Lawrence Weingarten ... producer

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Miklós Rózsa ... (as Miklos Rozsa)

Cinematography by

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George J. Folsey ... director of photography

Editing by

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George Boemler ... film editor

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William Ferrari
Cedric Gibbons

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Edwin B. Willis ... (set decorations)

Makeup Department

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Jack Dawn ... makeup creator
Sydney Guilaroff ... hair styles designer

Production Management

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Charles Levin ... unit manager (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Joel Freeman ... assistant director (uncredited)
Jack Greenwood ... assistant director (uncredited)
Andrew Marton ... second unit director (uncredited)

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Henry Grace ... associate set decorator (as Henry W. Grace)
Frank Wesselhoff ... painter (uncredited)

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Douglas Shearer ... recording supervisor / sound recordist (uncredited)

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A. Arnold Gillespie ... special effects

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Walter Plunkett ... costumes: Miss Hepburn

Music Department

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William Axt ... composer: stock music (uncredited)
George Bassman ... composer: stock music (uncredited)
Eugene Zador ... orchestrator (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

When a woman attempts to kill her uncaring husband, prosecutor Adam Bonner gets the case. Unfortunately for him his wife Amanda, also a lawyer, decides to defend the woman in court. Amanda uses everything she can to win the case and Adam gets mad about it, and their perfect marriage is disturbed by daily petty squabbles. Written by Chris Makrozahopoulos

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Taglines It Will Tickle Your Funny Bone ! See more »
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Also Known As
  • Man and Wife (United States)
  • Madame porte la culotte (France)
  • Ehekrieg (Germany)
  • La costilla de Adán (Spain)
  • アダム氏とマダム (Japan, Japanese title)
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  • 101 min
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Trivia Inspired by the real-life story of husband-and-wife lawyers William Dwight Whitney and Dorothy Whitney, who represented Raymond Massey and his ex-wife Adrianne Allen in their divorce. After the Massey divorce was over, the Whitneys divorced each other and married the respective Masseys. See more »
Goofs During the trial proceedings, a Black juror was in the first row, but the trial scene following the argument between Amanda and Adam where Adam walks out of the home, the jury makeup has now changed and the Black juror is not present. However the following day when court resumes for the jury verdict, the Black juror is back in the jury box. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972). See more »
Soundtracks Farewell, Amanda See more »
Crazy Credits Opening credits are little curtains that go up and down, on a stage in a performance hall. See more »
Quotes Kip Lurie: Lawyers should never marry other lawyers. This is called in-breeding; from this comes idiot children and more lawyers.
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