Synopsis
Pat Pemberton is a brilliant athlete, except when her domineering fiancé is around. The ladies golf championship is in her reach until she gets flustered by his presence at the final holes. He wants them to get married and forget the whole thing, but she cannot give up on herself that easily. She enlists the help of Mike Conovan, a slightly shady sports promoter. Together they face mobsters, a jealous boxer, and a growing mutual attraction.
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Cast
- Spencer TracyMike Conovan
- Katharine HepburnPatricia "Pat" Pemberton
- Aldo RayDavie Hucko
- William ChingCollier Weld
- Sammy WhiteBarney Grau
- George MathewsSylvester 'Spec' Cauley
- Gussie MoranSelf
- Babe Didrikson ZahariasSelf
- Don BudgeSelf
- Alice MarbleSelf
Recommendations
- 100
TV Guide Magazine
The point isn't what happens, but how it happens, and under the direction of George Cukor--working from the script by Garson Kanin and Ruth Gordon--Tracy and Hepburn turn in unforgettable performances. - 100
The New Yorker
George Cukor directed--beautifully. It's as close to perfect as you'd want it to be. - 100
TV Guide Magazine
The point isn't what happens, but how it happens, and under the direction of George Cukor--working from the script by Garson Kanin and Ruth Gordon--Tracy and Hepburn turn in unforgettable performances. - 100
The New Yorker
George Cukor directed--beautifully. It's as close to perfect as you'd want it to be. - 90
The Observer (UK)
This undervalued comic masterpiece, scripted by the husband-and-wife team of Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin, would be a fine film even if it didn't try to be funny, which it so successfully does. [06 May 2007, p.64] - 90
The Observer (UK)
This undervalued comic masterpiece, scripted by the husband-and-wife team of Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin, would be a fine film even if it didn't try to be funny, which it so successfully does. [06 May 2007, p.64] - 83
Entertainment Weekly
Pat and Mike is notable for featuring such actual female sports stars as Babe Didrickson Zaharias and Betty Hicks, and for displaying Hepburn’s own athletic prowess. - 83
Entertainment Weekly
Pat and Mike is notable for featuring such actual female sports stars as Babe Didrickson Zaharias and Betty Hicks, and for displaying Hepburn’s own athletic prowess.
