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Released
1949 · FILM

Adam's Rib

A sharp‑witted husband and wife, both top lawyers, clash in court when a woman's murder plot puts them on opposite sides, forcing each to defend their principles while protecting their marriage.

It's The Hilarious Answer To Who Wears The Pants!

Directed by
Color
Black & White
Runtime
101 min
ComedyRomance

Synopsis

When a woman tries to murder her indifferent husband, it disrupts the lives of Adam and Amanda, a married couple of lawyers who are otherwise content in their relationship. They find themselves on opposing sides of the case as it unfolds in court.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 18

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by George BoemlerShot by George J FolseyScored by Miklos Rozsa

Box Office

1949 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 5.5× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$9.5M

Budget$1.7M
Worldwide gross$9.5M
break-even (2.5×)

Also known as

  • Ehekriegde
  • La costilla de Adánes
  • Madame porte la culottefr
  • La costola di Adamoit

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