tavm Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy are the title characters as an upcoming athlete and her eventual manger, respectively. All I'll now mention is this is quite a treat of a comedy as written by Garson Kanin and Ruth Gordon and directed by George Cukor. Also, some now-familiar faces appear here: Jim Backus as Hepburn's first manager, Charles Bronson (then-billed as Buchinski) as one of the betting hoods, Carl Switzer-who was formerly "Alfalfa" in the "Our Gang" comedies-all grown up as a witness to something involving the two leads and Bronson, and, in his film debut, Chuck Connors as the one asking Tracy, Hepburn, Bronson, and Switzer questions about perhaps the funniest sequence in the movie. In summary, I had a good time watching Pat and Mike. P.S. Also appearing are some real-life sports celebrities of the period of which one of them-Babe Didrikson Zaharias-I read about from school when growing up and also watched being portrayed by Susan Clark in the TV movie, "Babe".

jacobs-greenwood Directed by George Cukor and earning husband & wife writers Ruth Gordon & Garson Kanin their third and last Best Writing Oscar nomination (without a win), this comedy-romance features another successful teaming of Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn.Mike (Tracy), the manager of a boxer (Aldo Ray), meets Pat (Hepburn) when he notices what a great golfer she is. He also learns that she's quite an accomplished multi-sport athlete, and begins to manage her sports career also. It takes him longer to decipher her handicap, that she can't perform under the watchful eye of her fiancée (William Ching).Many memorable sports action sequences as well as scenes with Pat physically defending Mike and cutesy interaction between Mike's two star athletes. Plus, this film contains one of the few on-screen tennis matches in all of classic film! Real life athletes: gold medal Olympian Babe Didrikson Zaharias and tennis Grand Slam champion Don Budge appear as themselves. Charles Bronson, Chuck Connors, Jim Backus, and Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer also appear.

bobsgrock The seventh pairing of Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn focuses on the sports world with Hepburn playing Pat Pemberton, an all-around athlete hoping to go professional. To do that, she needs the help of a sports manager, a tough and savvy Irishman, Mike Conovan. Here, Hepburn plays the more delicate character as she is apparently unable to perform at her best when her fiancée (William Ching) is around. This of course leads to the typical pairing of the two leads as well as Pat realizing who she really needs to be with.This was a very mediocre film, barely following a serious plot and stretching it just enough to be able to see some nice footage of Hepburn playing Babe Didrickson at golf as well as playing some indoor tennis. I never knew Hepburn was so athletic, especially at her age of filming this, but she did practically all of these scenes herself and proves that she was a capable athlete as well as actress. And although this wasn't as good a film as Adam's Rib, I liked Tracy a lot more in this role than that one. Here, he was much more likable as well as clever and sarcastic. There is a great scene when he describes to Hepburn how he runs his business and why he is so strict on how he runs the relationship between manager and athlete.The supporting cast is mediocre as well with Ching as the helpless fiancée, Aldo Ray as a dim-witted boxer and Jim Backus as a golf store attendant. The only real reason to watch this at all is to admire the chemistry Tracy and Hepburn shared as well as admire the athletic ability Hepburn had all her life. It isn't their best work, but Tracy is very good and somewhat elevates the material better than it could be if another actor was in that role. This is also a testament to the fine actor Tracy was as his health started to decline after this. If only he could have remained healthy a little longer he could have extended his legacy as one of the best actors America has ever seen.

George Wright During a friendship that last many years, Tracy and Hepburn made many movies together and this is a good example of the chemistry that existed between them. In this movie, directed by George Cukor, Hepburn plays an athlete who comes under the management of a small town sports promoter in Mike Conovan, played by Tracy. In the role of Pat Pemberton, Hepburn is a free-spirited woman with spunk and personality. Mike has a number of colorful characters as his clients. One of the gags lands the group in a police station explaining their actions to a puzzled sheriff, played Chuck Conners. The acting is good all round.The golf game between Pat and Babe Zaharias (outstanding golf pro in real life) translates beautifully to the screen with the crowd moving from green to green, golfers teeing off, putting and shooting into the rough. A very good movie, entertaining from start to finish, and a good chance to see Tracy and Hepburn in action.