Adam's Rib

Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy were one of Hollywood's greatest couples, on screen and off, and this acerbic comedy sees them operating at the peak of their form. They play husband-and-wife lawyers who find themselves representing opposing parties in a case of attempted murder - a wife who's taken potshots at her two-timing spouse. As ever with these two, much of the joy comes from seeing the irresistible force of Hepburn's patrician hauteur collide with the immovable object of Tracy's down-to-earth, redneck stolidity. But the movie's awash with added bonuses: there's a witty, caustic script, stylish direction from George Cukor and a supporting cast firing on all cylinders - not least Judy Holliday as the ditsy, gun-toting wife.

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