“Pat and Mike” is a romantic comedy movie where Katherine Hepburn plays a professional athlete who competes well in tournaments except when her condescending fiance shows up at games and distracts her. Spencer Tracy plays a sports manager who sees her talent and offers to help with the fiance, but complications arise when he develops a crush on her. Sparks fly from there, well directed by George Cukor (“Adam’s Rib” 1949), from a superb screenplay by Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin.
Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn deliver classy performances, per usual. Co-stars include Aldo Ray, William Ching, Jim Backus, Sammy White, Carl Switzer, William Self, George Matthews, Loring Smith, and movie newcomers Charles Bronson and Chuck Connors. The watchable Tracy-Hepburn vehicle “Pat and Mike” was popular in theatrical release for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film was nominated for one Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.
Pat and Mike (1952)
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My Review
“Pat and Mike” is a romantic comedy movie where Katherine Hepburn plays a professional athlete who competes well in tournaments except when her condescending fiance shows up at games and distracts her. Spencer Tracy plays a sports manager who sees her talent and offers to help with the fiance, but complications arise when he develops a crush on her. Sparks fly from there, well directed by George Cukor (“Adam’s Rib” 1949), from a superb screenplay by Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin.
Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn deliver classy performances, per usual. Co-stars include Aldo Ray, William Ching, Jim Backus, Sammy White, Carl Switzer, William Self, George Matthews, Loring Smith, and movie newcomers Charles Bronson and Chuck Connors. The watchable Tracy-Hepburn vehicle “Pat and Mike” was popular in theatrical release for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film was nominated for one Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.