Pat and Mike

Pat and Mike
Theatrical-release poster
Directed byGeorge Cukor
Screenplay byRuth Gordon
Garson Kanin
Produced byLawrence Weingarten
StarringSpencer Tracy
Katharine Hepburn
William Ching
Aldo Ray
Jim Backus
Sammy White
Charles Bronson
CinematographyWilliam H. Daniels (as William Daniels)
Edited byGeorge Boemler
Music byDavid Raksin
Production
company
Distributed byLoew's Inc.
Release date
  • June 14, 1952 (1952-06-14)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1,618,000[1]
Box office$2,696,000[1]

Pat and Mike is a 1952 American romantic comedy film starring Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn. The movie was written by Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin, and directed by George Cukor. Cukor directed The Philadelphia Story (1940) with Hepburn, and Cukor, Gordon and Kanin teamed with Hepburn and Tracy again for Adam's Rib (1949). Gordon and Kanin were nominated for the 1952 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for their work on Pat and Mike. (They had been similarly honored for Adam's Rib.)

Hepburn was nominated in the Best Actress category at the 10th Golden Globe Awards, while Ray was nominated for "New Star of the Year".[2]

  1. ^ a b The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
  2. ^ Aldo Ray