“Adam's Rib” quotes
(1949)
George Cukor
directed this movie
in 1949
Title Adam's Rib
Year 1949
Director George Cukor
Genre Drama, Comedy, Romance
Year 1949
Director George Cukor
Genre Drama, Comedy, Romance
Plot – Doris Attinger has shot her unfaithful husband and his lover. Adam is the public prosecutor while his wife Amanda is Doris's defender. Amanda believes strongly men and women must have equal rights and setsDoris free. However the trial exerts a bad influence on Adam and Amanda's marriage and they separate, but in the they make peace and go on holiday together.
All actors – Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Judy Holliday, Tom Ewell, David Wayne, Jean Hagen, Hope Emerson, Eve March, Clarence Kolb, Emerson Treacy, Polly Moran, Will Wright, Elizabeth Flournoy, Bonnie Bannon, Charles Bastin, Joseph E. Bernard, Madge Blake, Harris Brown, David Clarke, Harry Cody, Dick Cogan, Paul Cramer, Bert Davidson, Roger Davis, Janna DeLoos, Sidney Dubin, Rex Evans, John Fell, Norman Field, Glen Gallagher, Danny Harvey, Marvin Kaplan, Kenner G. Kemp, Michael Kostrick, Nancy Laurents, Gracille LaVinder, DeForrest Lawrence, Lester Luther, George Magrill, Dwight Martin, Louis Mason, John Maxwell, David McMahon, Walter Merrill, Frank Mills, Ralph Montgomery, Anna Q. Nilsson, James Nolan, Tommy Noonan, Gil Patric, 'Snub' Pollard, Dan Quigg, Tom Quinn, Paula Raymond, William Self, Will Stanton, Bert Stevens, Brick Sullivan, Arthur Tovey, Ray Walker, Marjorie Wood, Wilson Wood
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“For years, women have been ridiculed, pampered, chucked under the chin. I ask you, on behalf of us all, be fair to the fair sex.”
“Amanda, my love, why do you stay married to a legal beagle with ten thumbs?”
“No part of marriage is the exclusive province of any one sex.”
“- Beryl Caighn: She tried to shoot me.
- Adam Bonner: How do you know that?
- Beryl Caighn: Because she did.”“- Amanda Bonner: Now, you look here, Kip. I'm fighting my prejudices, but it's clear that you're behaving like a, like a - well, I'd hate to put it this way - like a man.
- Kip Lurie: You watch your language.”“- Amanda Bonner: After you shot your husband... how did you feel?
- Doris Attinger: Hungry!”
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