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Series regulars or semi-regulars in 'Adam's Rib' from 1970-1982:



1970-1982 Episode Guide for 'Adam's Rib':


(Episodes with dates prior to 1970 aired as reruns.)

September 14, 1973: Illegal Aid
Season 1, episode 1
W: Peter Stone   D: Peter H. Hunt

With Daniel Keough (Man in Bar), Celia Milius (Francis), John Holland (Judge McElroy), Howard Caine (Hunnicutt), Peter Forster (Assistant D.A.), Edward Winter (Kip Kipple). A romantic comedy about contemporary marriage, based on the characters in the 1949 movie of the same name that starred Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn. Ken Howard and Blythe Danner, both Broadway actors, make their series debuts as the husband-wife attorneys. He is an assistant DA; she is a junior partner in a legal firm. In the first episode the Bonners get involved in proving a point, that it's all right for a man to pick up a girl, but not the other way around.

September 21, 1973: Two Pairs Of Pants
Season 1, episode 2
W: Mary Stone   D: Peter H. Hunt

With Sandra Vacey, Rick Metzler, Arlen Stuart, Gil Stuart, Al Merin, Edward Winter (Kip Kipple). When Amanda, along with Adam, is refused admittance to an elegant French restaurant because she is wearing a pantsuit, she returns the next night with a surprising answer.

September 28, 1973: Danish Pastry
Season 1, episode 3
W: Richard Baer   D: Peter H. Hunt

With Fred Slyter, Anne Seymour (Judge), Walter Friedel, Guy Remsen, David Doyle (Dubray). Amanda, believing that everyone is entitled to a defense, defends the owner of a moive theater on a charge of exhibiting a porno film.

October 5, 1973: Separate Vacation
Season 1, episode 4
W: George Kirgo   D: Peter H. Hunt

With Jamie Smith-Jackson (Crescent), John Holland (Judge McElroy). When Adam gets two weeks off but finds Amanda is tied up on a case, he decides to take a vacation alone at a beach resort, only to become the amorous target of a pretty girl.

October 26, 1973: Katey At The Bat
Season 1, episode 5
W: George Kirgo   D: Gary Nelson

With Charles Lane (Mayor), Maury Wills (Coach), Willie Aames (Boy), Dick Van Patten (Commissioner Hoyt), Annie McEveety (Katey). Maury Wills is called in to aid Amanda in the cause of a girl who is not allowed to play on a midget baseball team.

October 19, 1973: The Unwritten Law (1)
Season 1, episode 6
W: Peter Stone   D: Peter H. Hunt

With Madeline Kahn (Doris Attinger), Arthur O'Connell (Judge), Allen Garfield (Mr. Attinger), Timothy Blake (Beryl), Fred Slyter (Clerk). Amanda comes to the defense of a wife who shoots her unfaithful husband, using the "unwritten law" as her client's defense and is opposed by Adam -- in court and at home.

November 2, 1973: Delilah
Season 1, episode 7
W: Pamela Herbert Chais, Herbert Chais   D: Peter H. Hunt, Gary Nelson

With Leigh Curran (Delilah), John Holland, Lou Peralta, John Schubeck, Art Metrano (Pete), Liam Dunn (Charlie), Herbert Anderson. Amanda's defense of a woman charged with assault because of job discrimination causes dissention between her and Adam.

November 9, 1973: For Richer, For Poorer
Season 1, episode 8
W: George Kirgo   D: Gary Nelson

With Bill Zuckert (Judge), Michele Carey (Diana), Howard Morton (Sean Barkley), Jack Sheldon (Peter), Stuart East (Clerk). Amanda handles the case when Adam's one-time girlfriend sues her husband for alimony.

November 16, 1973: Murder
Season 1, episode 9
W: George Kirgo   D: Peter H. Hunt

With Eric Brotherson (Baines), Jack Manning, Ivor Francis (Judge), Stephen Nathan (Mark), Joe Petrullo, Barbette Tweed, Robert Walden (Keller), Katherine Helmond (Martha Layne). Adam investigates the death of a millionaire In a spoof of old-time mystery movies.

November 30, 1973: Friend Of The Family
Season 1, episode 10
W: Leonard Gershe   D: Peter H. Hunt

With Edward Winter (Kip Kipple). Adam becomes jealous over the amount of attention Amanda shows her boss at a house party.

December 7, 1973: The First Hurrah
Season 1, episode 11
W: George Kirgo   D: Peter H. Hunt

With Jason Johnson, Robert Sampson (Carlyle), George Kirgo, Kelly Lange, Eduard Franz (Whittaker), Hank Brandt. Amanda takes a crack at politics when she's tapped to run for councilwoman.

December 28, 1973: Too Many Cooks
Season 1, episode 12
W: Jane-Howard Hammerstein   D: Gary Nelson

With Cathey Paine, Candice Rialson, Barbette Tweed, Roland Winters (Judge), Lurene Tuttle. Amanda's plan to show Adam that while she enjoys cooking, he shouldn't take it for granted, backfires when he unexpectedly brings a judge home. (Last show of the series.)


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