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Adam's Rib (1973)
Adam's Rib is an American situation comedy broadcast on ABC-TV from September 14 to December 28, 1973. It was produced by MGM Television and had 13 episodes. The series was a TV adaptation of the 1949 motion picture of the same name.
Writing:
- Ruth Gordon
- Garson Kanin
Release Date:
Fri, Sep 14, 1973
Country: US
Language: En
Runtime: 30
Country: US
Language: En
Runtime: 30
Ken Howard
Adam Bonner
Blythe Danner
Amanda Bonner
Ron Rifkin
Assistant District Attorney Roy Mendelsohn
Dena Dietrich
Gracie Peterson
Norman Bartold
District Attorney Donahue
Season 1:
Amanda sets out to prove that men are favored over women in cases of soliciting.
A small-scale war begins after a restaurant refuses to serve Amanda because she is dressed in a pants suit instead of a dress.
Amanda defends a theatre owner who is accused of showing a pornographic film called ""Danish Pastry"".
Amanda and Adam agree that Adam should still take a two-week vacation, even though Amanda is unable to leave work to join him. They soon find that temptation lurks close by for both of them.
Adam is the prosecuting attorney for a case involving attempted murder by a wife who shot at her husband after she caught him in the arms of another woman. Amanda defends the woman under the belief that women have just as much right as a man to protect the sanctity of the home.
Adam and Amanda team up to help a young girl battle discrimination get into the midget league baseball.
Amanda takes on the case of a woman who hit a man for refusing to hire her as a jackhammer operator because she is a woman.
After an old flame of Adam's has her husband thrown into jail for a failure to pay alimony, Amanda agrees to defend the husband.
Adam decides to do a little detective work when a multimillionaire is shot and his mistress gives an unconvincing confession to the crime.
Adam becomes jealous over the amount of attention Amanda shows her boss at a house party.
Amanda plans her revenge subtly after Adam enrages her with a comment about cooking being part of her woman's duty.
