Pat and Mike (1952)
Pat's a brilliant athlete, except when her domineering fiance is around. The lady's 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 can't give up on herself
that easily. She enlists the help of Mike, a slightly shady sports promoter. Together they
face mobsters, a jealous boxer, and a growing mutual attraction.
Pat Pemberton is a women's sports sensation - a champion in golf, tennis, and whatever
else she decides to do. Knowing a good thing when he sees it, Mike Conovan becomes
her manager. Mike has made his living fixing sports events, but he tries to go legit before
Pat finds out his schemes.
Directed by George Cukor
Writing credits: Ruth Gordon, Garson Kanin
Cast:
Spencer Tracy .... Mike Conovan
Katharine Hepburn .... Patricia 'Pat' Pemberton
Aldo Ray .... Davie Hucko
William Ching .... Collier Weld
Sammy White .... Barney Grau
George Mathews .... Sylvester 'Spec' Cauley
Gussie Moran .... Herself (sports star)
Babe Didrikson Zaharias .... Herself (Sports Star)
Don Budge .... Himself (Sports Star)
Alice Marble .... Herself (sports star)
Frank Andrew Parker .... Himself (sports star)
Betty Hicks .... Herself (sports star)
Beverly Hanson .... Herself (sports star)
Helen Dettweiler .... Herself (sports star)
Loring Smith .... Mr. E.H. Beminger
Phyllis Povah .... Mrs. E.H. Beminger
Charles Bronson .... Henry 'Hank' Tasling
Frank Richards .... Sam Garsell
Jim Backus .... Charles Barry
Chuck Connors .... Police captain
Joseph E. Bernard .... Gibby
Owen McGiveney .... Harry MacWade
Lou Lubin .... Waiter Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer .... Busboy
William Self .... Pat Pemberton's caddie
Fred Aldrich .... Golf Spectator
Paul Brinegar .... Caddie
Mae Clarke .... Female golfer
Russ Clark .... Trooper
John Close .... Trooper
Fred Coby .... Trooper
Frank Cusack .... Tournament chairman
Elinor Cushingham .... Tennis player
Frankie Darro .... Caddie
Roger Davis .... Bit part
Kay Deslys .... Shooting gallery proprietor
Helen Eby-Rock .... Female golfer
Kay English .... Reporter
Pat Flaherty .... Golf Commentator on Course
Tom Gibson .... Shooting gallery proprieteor
A. Cameron Grant .... Reporter
Kit Guard .... Golf Spectator
Tom Harmon .... Sportcaster
Sam Hearn .... Lawyer
Elizabeth Holmes .... Female golfer
Jimmy Kelly .... Caddie
Crauford Kent .... Tennis umpire
Barbara Kimbrell .... Tennis player
Mike Lally .... Reporter on 18th green
Bill Lewin .... Reporter
Louis Mason .... Railway conductor
John McKee .... Reporter
Bill McLean .... Caddie
King Mojave .... Tennis linesman
Charles Murray Jr. .... Line judge, tennis court
Sam Pierce .... Reporter
Jerry Schumacher .... Reporter
John Sheehan .... Player announcer at Golf Tournament
Jane Stanton .... Tennis player
Anthony M. Taylor .... Extra
Hank Weaver .... Commentator
Produced by Lawrence Weingarten
Original Music by David Raksin
Cinematography by William H. Daniels
Film Editing by George Boemler
Art Direction by Cedric Gibbons, Urie McCleary
Set Decoration by Hugh Hunt Edwin B. Willis
Costume Design by Orry-Kelly
Makeup Department Sydney Guilaroff .... hair stylist
William Tuttle .... makeup artist
Production Management Dave Friedman .... production manager
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director Jack Greenwood .... assistant director
Sound Department Douglas Shearer .... recording supervisor
Douglas Shearer .... sound recordist
Special Effects by Warren Newcombe
Other crew:
Peter Ballbusch .... montage
Orry-Kelly .... wardrobe: Katharine Hepburn
Runtime: 95 min
Country: USA
Language: English
Color: Black and White
Sound Mix: Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification: Argentina:Atp / Australia:G / Spain:T / Sweden:Btl
Quotes: [Last lines] Pat Pemberton: What would happen if I ever dropped you?
Mike Conovan: I'd go right down the drain.
Pat Pemberton: And?
Mike Conovan: I'd take you right down with me shorty.
Mike Conovan: Not much meat on her, but what's there is cherce.
Pat Pemberton: I'll show her.
Charles Barry: Who?
Pat Pemberton: Myself, that's who.
Mike Conovan: I don't think you've ever been properly handled.
Pat Pemberton: That's right... not even by myself.
Pat Pemberton: Maybe we ought to wait until I don't feel so… so carved up,
so nobody.
Collier Weld: Why don't you just let me take charge?
Pat Pemberton: [softly] I have to be in charge of myself.
Collier Weld: Oh, what's the good of this? I mean, after all...
Pat Pemberton: Have to have time to think it over is all.
Collier Weld: Well, just see that you don't think it under. It's a nice long ride,
just take your time.
Pat Pemberton: [gets up and starts throwing her baggage out the window of the
train] That's right! And I'm not going to take it!
Pat Pemberton: [to Collier] I've got to do something to prove to you, prove to
myself - lend me some money will you - prove to both of us, in fact, everybody
that I'm not just a... [rushes from the train car]
Mike Conovan: [suspicious] Have another beer?
Davie Hucko: [inanely] No thanks, no more.
Mike Conovan: [hollers at Huckos' father] You see that?
OlderMr. Hucko: Davie, what're you doin' to me?
Davie Hucko: Nervous, thirsty!
Mike Conovan: Water, did you ever hear of water? [Hucko nods, grinning]
Mike Conovan: Well, why didn't you drink water?
Davie Hucko: Um, ashamed.
Mike Conovan: You're what?
Davie Hucko: Nervous, thirsty- I go in the place, I'm ashamed to ask for free water!
Took one beer.
Mike Conovan: Aww.
Davie Hucko: Yeah. [hangs head]
Mike Conovan: Uh-huh. Did you like it?
Davie Hucko: [chuckles] Yeah!
Mike Conovan: What?
Davie Hucko: No!
Mike Conovan: What do you weigh this morning?
Hucko's Father: 98, up 2.
Mike Conovan: Why up 2? Did you eat extra?
Hucko's Father: No, no, honest.
Mike Conovan: Let him talk himself, will ya? [looks at Hucko]
Davie Hucko: No, no, honest.
Mike Conovan: That's all, honey, that's all, say no more. Of course there's always
a chance you could be an escaped fruitcake. But if there is something in what…
as a matter of fact, if there is anything in what you say, I am going to promote you
into the King of the World! Queen, I mean. Let's go.
Pat Pemberton: [bouncing tennis balls with her racket] Would you like to see me
serve a few, Mr. Conovan?
Mike Conovan: Oh, no, no, just hit a couple.
Mike Conovan: Like I told you - don't feel like running, slow down. You're supposed
to feel like it. That shows you're in condition. People do like they feel, they go on
sometimes practically forever, some of them.
Pat Pemberton: Guess you'll go on practically forever, you stay on that bike
Pat Pemberton: It was Collier. Never can do anything when he's watching me, it's always
been that way.
Mike Conovan: Why?
Pat Pemberton: In love with him I guess.
Mike Conovan: Oh. Like me with lobster.
Pat Pemberton: What?
Mike Conovan: Lobster... the one thing I'm nuts about. The one thing that don't
agree with me. Like you and him.
Pat Pemberton: Well, not exactly.
Mike Conovan: Why? Pat Pemberton: Well, you see, this is a question of getting married. You've never been
married to a lobster. Mike Conovan: Ha ha ha ha ha. That's what you think.
Awards: Nominated for Oscar. Another 5 nominations.
Tagline: Together again - and it's no fib, their funniest hit since "Adam's Rib"
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