Adam's Rib (1949)

Adam's Rib is a romantic comedy-drama film directed by George Cukor in 1949, based on a script by Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin. The film got positive reviews at its initial release and is now regarded as a classic romantic comedy. It received nominations for both the AFI's 100 Movies and Passions lists and was placed #22 on the AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs list.

This is the greatest of Hepburn's nine on-screen collaborations with Spencer Tracy, her longstanding off-screen partner. When prosecuting attorney Adam Bonner (Spencer Tracy) squares off against his wife, Amanda (Katharine Hepburn), who happens to be a defense attorney, a courtroom rivalry makes its way into the house. Working on opposing sides of a lawsuit in which a lady (Judy Holliday) has shot her unfaithful husband (Tom Ewell), Adam and Amanda are both passionate about winning the case, and their house becomes the scene of comedic showdowns, with neither spouse wanting to give up.