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Adam's Rib

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

Starring Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy
with Judy Holliday, Tom Ewell, David Wayne

The battle of the sexes was never funnier than tonight's confrontation in the long-standing Tracy-Hepburn partnership. As Adam and Amanda Bonner - both lawyers - they find themselves on opposite sides of the courtroom in a case involving a jealous wife who has shot her husband.
(This Week's Films: page 9)

Contributors

Screenplay:
Ruth Gordon
Screenplay:
Garson Kanin
Director:
George Cukor
Adam Bonner:
Spencer Tracy
Amanda:
Katharine Hepburn
Doris Attinger:
Judy Holliday
Warren Attinger:
Tom Ewell
Kip Lurie:
David Wayne
Beryl Caighn:
Jean Hagen
Olympia La Pere:
Hope Emerson
Grace:
Eve March
Judge Reiser:
Clarence Kolb
Source: Radio Times

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