Adam's Rib
It's The Hilarious Answer To Who Wears The Pants!
A 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.
- Director
- George Cukor
- Signature
- Drama · Craft · Humour
- Worldwide
- $9M
Who's in it
Cast
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Movie DNA
How Adam's Rib actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
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Story overview
What It's About
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A 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.
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Why We Recommend It
Why It's Ranked
Adam's Rib appears in 1 Nutevio collection. Here is the argument behind each placement.
- Best Courtroom Dramas Ranked #32
Placed at #32 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
The numbers
Box Office & Release
Adam's Rib returned 5.5× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $2M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $9M
- Release date
- Nov 17, 1949
- Runtime
- 1h 41m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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