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Plot

Pat (Katharine Hepburn), a college phys-ed instructor, enters into professional competition as a golf and tennis player. Mike (Spencer Tracy), a likeable but unscrupulous sports promoter, first attempts to bribe Pat to lose, but later becomes her manager. Pat performs brilliantly until her insufferable fiance Collier West (William Ching) shows up; West always manages to make Pat so nervous that she can't win to save her life. At long last, West walks out, having found Pat in a compromising situation with Mike. Though she'd previously kept her distance from Mike, Pat suddenly realizes that she's fallen in love with him and--after a few crooked gamblers are disposed of--Pat and Mike become partners on a permanent basis. Pat & Mike reunited Tracy and Hepburn with their favorite director, George Cukor, and their favorite scenarists, Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin. Watch for real-life golf and tennis champs Gussie Moran, Babe Didrickson Zaharias, Don Budge, Alice Marble, Frank Parker, Betty Hicks, Helen Dettweilerand Beverly Hanson as "themselves" -- and also keep an eye out for ex-ballplayer Chuck Connors, making his acting debut as a highway patrolman.
MPAA Rating:
Not Rated
Genre(s):
Comedy,Romance
Run Time:
95min.
Theatrical Release Date:
11/13/1998
DVD Release Date:
09/19/2000
Distributor(s):
Warner Bros.
Director(s):
Themes:
Otherwise Engaged,Love Triangles,Battle of the Sexes
Tone:
Light,Upbeat,Witty,Talky
Keywords:
athlete,battle-of-the-sexes,competition,friendship,golf,love-triangle,manager,promoter,romance,sports,tennis,transformation
Language:
English
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