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Adam’s Rib
UNITED STATES · 1949

Adam’s Rib

George Cukor
marriage and law gender equality courtroom drama spousal infidelity professional rivalry
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Synopsis

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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